Crisis On The Korean Peninsula -- News Roundup November 24, 2010

Pentagon: No Plan for Military Response to North Korean Attack -- Voice of America

A Pentagon spokesman said the U.S. military is not working on any specific response to North Korea's attack on a South Korean island Tuesday, but is consulting with South Korea's military about steps that could ease tensions rather than increase them. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was to speak to his South Korean counterpart to discuss the situation.

The Pentagon spokesman, Colonel David Lapan, said that in addition to the ministerial phone call, the U.S. military command in Seoul is in close contact with its South Korean counterparts. But he said there is no particular plan for a response or for any increase in the joint U.S.-South Korean deterrent force, which includes 25,000 U.S. troops.

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MORE NEWS ON THE CRISIS ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA

US, S.Korea plan war games after N.Korean attack -- Yahoo News/AFP
U.S. aircraft carrier heads for Korean waters -- Yahoo News/Reuters
U.S., S. Korea to Flex Muscle in New War Games -- CBS News
U.S. to Send Carrier for Joint Exercises Off Korea -- New York Times
South Korea warns of 'enormous retaliation' -- The Independent
‘Crisis Status’ in South Korea After North Shells Island -- New York Times
SKorea reports 2 civilian deaths in NKorea clash -- Yahoo News/AP
Two South Korean civilians died in attack by North -- BBC
North Korea bombardment: two civilian bodies found on island -- The Telegraph
Korean Island Residents Describe Terror -- Wall Street Journal
S. Koreans Recount Attack; 2 More Bodies Found -- CBS News
North Korean Attack on Island Rattles Nerves in Seoul -- New York Times
South Koreans Uncertain on Response to North Korea's Attack on Yeonpyeong Island -- Voice of America
S.Korea Lee's under pressure over North attack -- Reuters

China media takes pro-Pyongyang tone in shelling incident -- Asia One News/AFP
China May Spurn Obama Appeal to Rein In North Korea After Attack on South -- Bloomberg
China Is ‘Worried’ About Korean Tension, Foreign Ministry Says -- Bloomberg
China Avoids Criticizing Either Korea in Latest Confrontation -- Voice of America
White House Official: China Needs to Do More, US-South Korea Joint Military Exercises Possible in Coming Days -- ABC News
China urges calm, talks between North and South Korea -- Reuters
China's muted response to North Korea attack -- BBC
ANALYSIS-China toughs out crisis sitting on Korean fence -- Reuters

U.S. scrambles to limit Korea hostilities -- L.A. Times
Obama urges more pressure on North Korea after attack -- McClatchy News
U.S. scrambles to limit Korea hostilities -- L.A. Times
ANALYSIS-N.Korea crisis latest blow to Obama's nuclear agenda -- Reuters
When would a North Korean attack provoke US military response? -- Anna Mulrine, Christian Science Monitor

In pictures: Korea shelling aftermath -- BBC
Aerial view of damage on South Korea's Yeonpyeong island -- BBC
Tension on the Korean peninsula: Slideshow -- Reuters

COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, EDITORIALS, AND ANALYSIS

North Korea's dangerous delusions -- Patrick M. Cronin, CNN
North Korea's latest horror show -- Washington Post editorial
Theories abound on N. Korea attack -- CNN
Behind the Koreas' Artillery Fire: Kim's Succession -- Bill Powell, Time Magazine
'No One Wants a Total Collapse' of North Korea -- Spiegel Online
Shellshocked by N. Korea -- L.A. Times editorial
Scenarios: Why did North Korea launch its latest attack? -- Reuters
North Korea manufactured this crisis -- Andrei Lankov, CNN
Rogue-state vogue: Iran will follow North Korea's lead as a nuclear nemesis -- Washington Times editorial
Why We're Always Fooled by North Korea -- Michael Greeen and William Tobey, Wall Street Journal
Why Now For North Korea's Provocation? -- NPR (Audio)
Eventually the Kim dynasty must end -- William Tobey, Shadow Government/The Foreign Policy
Why Kim Jong Il continues to make lunacy his principal export -- David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
The keys to Pyongyang -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
Crisis, What Crisis? Time For a New U.S. Strategy On the Korean Peninsula -- Christian Whiton, FOX News
How to Respond to North Korea -- New York Times