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Protesters march with defaced portraits of North Korea leader Kim Jong Il, left, and his son Kim Jong Un, denouncing North Korea's artillery barrages targeting Yeonpyeong island Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010 in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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South Korean Marines who injured on South Korean Yeonpyeong Island after being hit by North Korea's attack, sit on beds at a military hospital in Seongnam, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. South Korea found the burned bodies Wednesday of two islanders killed in a North Korean artillery attack, marking the first civilian deaths in the incident and dramatically escalating the tensions in the region's latest crisis. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
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A South Korean Marine stands beside a crater caused by North Korea's shelling at the Marine Corp's barracks on Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. Rescuers found the burned bodies Wednesday of two islanders killed in a North Korean artillery attack, the first civilian deaths from a skirmish that marked a dramatic escalation of tensions between the rival Koreas. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
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BRINK OF WAR: South Koreans watch smoke rising from South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island near the border with North Korea on Tuesday. The North fired artillery barrages onto the island. South Korea returned fire and launched fighter jets. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** South Korean President Lee Myung-bak attends a briefing at the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul in November 2010 as the military was put on top alert after North Korea's artillery attack on a South Korean island of Yeonpyeong. (Associated Press)
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In this image take from TV footage, smoke rises from South Korea's Yeonpyeong island near the border against North Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto the populated South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, military officials said, setting buildings on fire and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/YTN via APTN)
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Houses are burned on South Korea's Yeonpyeong island near the border against North Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto the populated South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, military officials said, setting buildings on fire and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
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In this image take from TV footage, flames lit up just after artillery hit an area of South Korea's Yeonpyeong island near the border against North Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto the populated South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, military officials said, setting buildings on fire and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/KBS via APTN)
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Smoke billow from Yeonpyeong island near the border against North Korea, in South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto the populated South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, military officials said, setting buildings on fire and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
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A South Korean man watches a TV screen showing smoking from South Korea's Yeonpyeong island near the border of North Korea, at Seoul train station Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto the populated South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, military officials said, setting buildings on fire and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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People read extra edition of a newpaper reporting that North Korea fired artillery onto a South Korean island, in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea bombarded South Korea's Yeonpyeong island near their disputed western border Tuesday, setting buildings ablaze and killing at least one marine after warning the South to halt military drills in the area, South Korean officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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South Koreans take moment of silence for South Korean marines killed in a North Korean bombardment during a rally against North Korea's attack onto South Korean island, in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto a populated South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, military officials said, setting buildings on fire and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Smoke billow from Yeonpyeong island near the border against North Korea, in South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire Tuesday after the North shelled an island near their disputed sea border, killing at least two South Korean marines, setting dozens of buildings ablaze and sending civilians fleeing for shelter. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
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U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth reacts to reporter's questions at a hotel in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Bosworth's Asian trip which includes South Korea and Japan, comes after North Korea disclosed to a visiting American nuclear scientist a highly sophisticated, modern enrichment operation that had what the North says are 2,000 completed centrifuges. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, center, arrives with Defense Minister Kim Tae-young, second right, at the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the military was put on top alert after North Korea's artillery attack on South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has a briefing at the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul as the military was put on top alert after North Korea's artillery attack on a South Korean island of Yeonpyeong Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
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Family members of Seo Jeong-woo, a Korean marine who was killed on South Korean Yeonpyeong Island by North Korea's artillery attack, react as they arrive at a military hospital in Seongnam, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire Tuesday after the North shelled an island near their disputed sea border, killing at least two South Korean marines, setting dozens of buildings ablaze and sending civilians fleeing for shelter in one the rivals' most dramatic military confrontations since the Korean War.(AP Photo/Yonhap).
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Smoke billow from Yeonpyeong island near the border against North Korea, in South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire Tuesday after the North shelled an island near their disputed sea border, killing at least two South Korean marines, setting dozens of buildings ablaze and sending civilians fleeing for shelter. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
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A South Korean soldier walks by displays of mock North Korea's Scud-B missile, back right, and other South Korean missiles at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto a populated South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, military officials said, setting buildings on fire and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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**FILE** In this photo from Sept. 16, Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy to North Korea, speaks to reporters in Beijing, China. Mr. Bosworth will visit South Korea, Japan and China as fears rise that North Korea is ramping up its nuclear program. South Korea's Foreign Ministry said Stephen Bosworth is to arrive in Seoul on Sunday for a two-day trip aimed at discussing the North's nuclear weapons program. (Associated Press)
