In this undated photo released on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center, visits reconstructed Pyongyang University of Dance in Pyongyang, North Korea.
In this undated photo released on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center, visits reconstructed Pyongyang University of Dance in Pyongyang, North Korea.
South Korean marines stand guard on the Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, three days after a North Korean artillery attack on the island.
South Korean marines stand guard on the Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, three days after a North Korean artillery attack on the island.
South Korean navy ships sail near the Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak ordered more troops to the front-line island and dumped his defense minister Thursday as the country grappled with lapses in its response to a deadly North Korean artillery strike.
South Korean navy ships sail near the Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak ordered more troops to the front-line island and dumped his defense minister Thursday as the country grappled with lapses in its response to a deadly North Korean artillery strike.
A South Korean official walks through a destroyed neighborhood on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea Friday, Nov. 26, 2010.
A South Korean official walks through a destroyed neighborhood on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea Friday, Nov. 26, 2010.
South Korean officials walk through a destroyed neighborhood on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea Friday, Nov. 26, 2010.
South Korean officials walk through a destroyed neighborhood on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea Friday, Nov. 26, 2010.
A destroyed car lays by a damaged building on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea Friday, Nov. 26, 2010.
A destroyed car lays by a damaged building on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea Friday, Nov. 26, 2010.
A dog peeks out from its doghouse where he was left inside of an abandoned home destroyed by North Korean shelling on South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010.
A dog peeks out from its doghouse where he was left inside of an abandoned home destroyed by North Korean shelling on South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010.
North Korea is lashing out at planned U.S.-South Korean military drills that it says are pushing the Korean peninsula to the "brink of war."
The North said Friday that drills this weekend involving South Korean forces and a U.S. nuclear-powered supercarrier are a reckless plan by "trigger-happy elements."
The comments by North Korea's state news agency come ahead of a planned visit by the U.S. military commander in South Korea to the South Korean island targeted by a deadly North Korean artillery barrage this week.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea (AP) ? A senior U.S. military official headed Friday to this small island devastated by a North Korean artillery barrage to show solidarity with ally South Korea and assess damage from an attack that has the region edge.
The visit by Gen. Walter Sharp, the U.S. military commander in South Korea, comes two days ahead of joint military drills between Seoul and Washington that will include a nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier in waters south of this week's skirmish.
North Korea claims waters near this island, which is just seven miles (11 kilometers) from the North, and the vist by Sharp coupled with the coming carrier drills are certain to keep tensions high between the rival Koreas.
Four South Koreans ? two marines and two civilians ? were killed in the hour-long skirmish Tuesday when North Korea unleashed a hail of artillery on the Yeonpyeong, but the island was quiet Friday morning, with most residents having evacuated to the mainland.
Marines with M-16 rifles patrolled a seawall, while others gazed toward North Korea from a guard post on a cliff. Technicians worked to restore communication lines. Several stray hogs growled near destroyed houses.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has ordered reinforcements for about 4,000 troops on Yeonpyeong and four other Yellow Sea islands, as well as top-level weaponry for the soldiers and upgraded rules of engagement that would create a new category of response when civilian areas are targeted.
He also sacked his defense minister amid intense criticism over lapses in the country's response to the attack.
In scenes reminiscent of the Korean War 60 years ago, dazed residents of Yeonpyeong island foraged through blackened rubble for pieces of their lives and lugged their possessions down eerily deserted streets strewn with bent metal after Tuesday's barrage darkened skies and set off fierce blazes.
"It was a sea of fire," resident Lee In-ku said Thursday, recalling the flames that rolled through the streets of this island that is home to military bases as well as a fishing community famous for its catches of crab. The spit of land had only six pieces of artillery.
Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131531657&ft=1&f=
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