South Korea Demands Apology From North Over Dam Incident

New York Times by Choe Sang Hun | Sep. 8, 2009 (News Report)

SEOUL, South Korea — Unsatisfied with North Korea’s explanation for its release of dam water, which created a flash flood in the South that killed at least three people, South Korea on Tuesday demanded a formal apology from the North. Full Story »

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 by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Sep. 8, 2009

Typical for the Korean area you take two steps forward and then a step backwards, does the South really need a "Formal apology"? Where were the South's monitors, yes it is sad whenever lives are lost, but.

“We haven’t found any evidence yet that North Korea released its Hwanggang Dam as a water attack,” said Won Tae-je, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry. Still, the episode compels South Korea to “seriously consider” civil defense drills against a possible water attack, he said.

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