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South Korean soldiers check fences set up along the demilitarized zone between South and North Korea today during a patrol in Yanggu, north of Seoul, South Korea. South Korea's president lashed out today at North Korea by suspending trade in a move aimed at crippling the impoverished regime as payback for a torpedo attack on a warship that killed 46 South Korean soldiers.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said today that North Korea's military actions against South Korea have created a "highly precarious" security situation in the region.
Meanwhile, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said today that Seoul would cut all trade with North Korea. An investigation found that a South Korean warship was sunk March 26 by a North Korean submarine torpedo. Forty-six soldiers were killed.
» Clinton: Koreas security situation 'precarious' [The Associated Press]
» Lee: North Korea must pay for torpedo attack on warship [The Associated Press]
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