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South Korean veterans participate in a rally denouncing North Korea in Chunan, South Korea, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived Monday in South Korea on a trip to underscore Washington's firm alliance with Seoul as the two nations plan military exercises in a message of deterrence to North Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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South Korean veterans cheer up during a rally denouncing North Korea in Chunan, South Korea, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived Monday in South Korea on a trip to underscore Washington's firm alliance with Seoul as the two nations plan military exercises in a message of deterrence to North Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Korean War veterans salute during a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 25, 2010. The two Koreas commemorated the anniversary Friday of the war, promoting vastly different views of the origins of the conflict that still divides their peninsula a full six decades later.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, center in front, and government officials pay respect to a national flag during a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, at a gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea Friday, June 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, center, addresses South Korean veterans and government officials during a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War at a gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea Friday, June 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, left, hands out citations to foreign veterans during a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, at a gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea Friday, June 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak speaks during a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 25, 2010. The two Koreas commemorated the anniversary Friday of the war, promoting vastly different views of the origins of the conflict that still divides their peninsula a full six decades later. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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U.S. veterans who fought in the Korean War salute during a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju near the border village of Panmunjom, the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, June 24, 2010. The United States and 15 other countries fought alongside South Korea under the U.N. flag against North Korean and Chinese troops. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Foreign Korean War veterans and their family members look at a map of the two Koreas' borderland on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War at an observation post in Paju near the border village of Panmunjom, the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, June 24, 2010. During the war, the United States and 15 other countries fought alongside South Korea under the U.N. flag against North Korean and Chinese troops. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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New Zealand Korean War veteran James Arthur Newman, right, pins a badge on Ethiopian Korean War veteran Habtemichael Genet on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War at an observation post in Paju near the border village of Panmunjom, the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, June 24, 2010. The United States and 15 other countries fought alongside South Korea under the U.N. flag against North Korean and Chinese troops during the Korean War. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Robert James Cummiskey from Chesterfield, Missouri, a U.S. veteran who fought in the Korean War, right, carries a wreath of flowers with South Korean Army soldiers during a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju near the border village of Panmunjom, the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, June 24, 2010. During the war, the United States and 15 other countries fought alongside South Korea under the U.N. flag against North Korean and Chinese troops. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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South Korean conservative activists prepare to launch huge balloons containing leaflets and U.S. banknotes during a rally to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju near the border village of Panmunjom at the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS South Korea's Park Chu-young, right, tries to score a goal as Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, left, prepares to punch it away during the World Cup group B soccer match between Nigeria and South Korea at the stadium in Durban, South Africa, Tuesday, June 22, 2010.

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South Korea goalkeeper Jung Sung-Ryong, left, punches the ball away from Argentina's Carlos Tevez, right, during the World Cup group B soccer match between Argentina and South Korea at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, June 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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This March 29, 2010, file photo shows Ship Salvage Unit members of the South Korean Navy preparing to set out on a search mission to find missing sailors from the sunken South Korean navy ship near South Korea's Baengnyeong Island. The 1,200-ton Cheonan, on a routine patrol with other vessels, went down near the tense maritime border with North Korea following a mysterious explosion. On July 9, 2010, investigators from South Korea, the U.S., Britain, Australia, Canada and Sweden concluded that it was struck by a torpedo of North Korean origin. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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South Koreans watch a television screen showing undated file footage of a South Korean Navy ship near the disputed waters off South Korea's west coast, at a railway station in Seoul on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. The two Koreas briefly exchanged naval fire Tuesday along their disputed western sea border, with a North Korean ship suffering heavy damage before retreating, South Korean military officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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This file photo shows South Korea lifting the remaining half of the Cheonan from the Yellow Sea waters off Baengnyeong Island in April 2010. On March 26, 2010, the naval warship sank after a mysterious explosion that left 46 sailors dead. On July 9, 2010, investigators from South Korea, the U.S., Britain, Australia, Canada and Sweden concluded that it was struck by a torpedo of North Korean origin. (Yonhap via Associated Press)

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** FILE ** A South Korean army officer stands guard at the Inter-Korean Transit Office in Paju, South Korea, near North Korea's border city of Kaesong, on Sunday, March 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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**FILE** Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan (Associated Press)