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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/war-games-add-to-korea-tensions.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Marine veterans salute in front of the portraits of two killed South Korean marines during a funeral service (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-war-games-add-to-korea-tensions.jpg" alt="Marine veterans salute in front of the portraits of two killed South Korean marines during a funeral service (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>The US and South Korea prepared for military manoeuvres on Sunday as South Koreans demanded vengeance over a deadly North Korean artillery bombardment that has raised fears of more clashes between the nations.</p>
<p>The North, meanwhile, attempted to justify one of the worst attacks on South Korean territory since the 1950-53 Korean War, claiming civilians were being used as a &#8220;human shield&#8221; around artillery positions and lashing out at what it called a &#8220;propaganda campaign&#8221; against Pyongyang. </p>
<p>Four South Koreans, including two civilians, died after the North rained artillery on the small Yellow Sea island of Yeonpyeong, which is home to both fishing communities and military bases.</p>
<p>North Korea claimed the US orchestrated last Tuesday&#8217;s clash so that it could stage joint naval exercises in the Yellow Sea with the South that include a US nuclear powered supercarrier &#8211; enraging the North and making neighbouring China uneasy.</p>
<p>China sent a senior official, Dai Bingguo, to Seoul for talks with Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, South Korea&#8217;s Yonhap news agency reported. Dai, accompanied by chief Chinese nuclear negotiator Wu Dawei, discussed Tuesday&#8217;s attack and international talks on ending North Korea&#8217;s nuclear programmes, it said.</p>
<p>The North Korean attack on an area with a civilian population marked a new level of hostility along the rivals&#8217; disputed sea border. </p>
<p>At a funeral near Seoul on Saturday, South Korea&#8217;s marine commander, Major General You Nak-jun, vowed a &#8220;thousand-fold&#8221; retaliation for the attack. Dignitaries and relatives laid white flowers at an altar for the two marines killed in the North&#8217;s attack. </p>
<p>The aggression could be linked to the North&#8217;s attempt to strengthen its government as it pursues a delicate transfer of power from leader Kim Jong Il to a young, unproven son. It also may reflect Pyongyang&#8217;s frustration that it has been unable to force a resumption of stalled international talks on receiving aid in return for nuclear disarmament.</p>
<p>The skirmish prompted President Lee Myung-bak to replace his defence minister on Friday.</p>
<p>The North said Sunday&#8217;s planned war games, which involve the USS George Washington supercarrier, showed that the US was &#8220;the arch criminal who deliberately planned the incident and wire-pulled it behind the scene&#8221;.</p>
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