Koreas Close To War In 2010 -- Korea Times
South and North Korea were about to engage in a full-fledged military conflict in November 2010 following Pyongyang’s shelling of Yeonpyeong Island, according to a memoir by former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
On Nov. 23 2010, North Korean artillery batteries bombarded the border island in the Yellow Sea, killing four people, including two civilians.
The newly published tell-all book said that South Korea’s restraint had reached its limit as the artillery barrage followed the sinking of the South’s naval ship Cheonan by a torpedo from a North Korean submarine eighth months earlier. The sinking claimed the lives of 46 sailors.
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Update: Gates Says US Prevented South Korea Airstrike on North -- Defense News/AFP
My Comment: Here is one more tidbit of information from Robert Gates on the Korean Peninsula .... In memoir, Gates calls ex-Korean President Roh "crazy" -- Global Post/Yonhap News
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