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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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A woman walks by a sign advertising Samsung's mobile phone Galaxy in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 7, 2011. Samsung Electronics said Thursday that sales rose during the first quarter though operating profit declined sharply, as buoyancy in semiconductors was offset by weakness in its liquid crystal display business and a tough pricing environment for its flagship tablet device.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Scouts keep their eyes on President Barack Obama as he works a rope line after laying a wreath at the Yongsan War Memorial in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Joseph S. Blatter, president of the Federation of International Football Association, speaks during a joint press conference with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, Pool)
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**FILE** President Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak hold a joint news conference at Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 11, 2010. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner listens to questions at a press conference during a meeting of the G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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American actor Willem Dafoe appears for a press conference during the 15th Pusan International Film Festival in Busan, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Yoo Yong-suck)
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A North Korean defector shouts slogans next to a placard showing photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, center, his late father Kim Il-sung, left, and his youngest son Kim Jong-un, during a rally against the North's succession in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. The letters on a banner read "We denounce the family's succession through three generations." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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American actor Willem Dafoe speaks during a press conference AT the 15th Pusan International Film Festival in Busan, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Yoo Yong-suck)
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In this Oct. 1, 2010, file photo, a South Korean worker watches a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's third son Kim Jong-un as she waits to head to the North Korean city of Kaesong at the customs, immigration and quarantine office for North Korea near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
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South Koreans watch a TV news program showing a picture of a man believed to be Kim Jong Un, the third son of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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North Korean head of delegate Col. Ri Sun Gyun, center, crosses the border line with other delegates for a military meeting at the south side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/ Shin So-young, Korea Pool)
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Head of North Korean delegate Col. Ri Shin Kwon, center, and others cross the border line for a military meeting at the south side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. North and South Korea ended their first working-level military talks in two years Thursday with no progress as the meeting stumbled over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang, Seoul's Defense Ministry said. (AP Photo/ Korea Pool)
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South Korean delegate Army Col. Moon Sang-gyun, sitting right center, talks with North Korean counterpart Col. Ri Shin Kwon, sitting second left, during a military meeting at the south side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. North and South Korea ended their first working-level military talks in two years Thursday with no progress as the meeting stumbled over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang, Seoul's Defense Ministry said. (AP Photo/ Korea Pool)
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak test drives an electric vehicle at the compound of the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Chun Soo-young)
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South Koreans watch a TV broadcasting file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, left, meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. News reports say Mr. Kim may have traveled to China in what would be his second visit to the country this year.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
