On November 23, its army fired nearly 200 artillery rounds onto the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, near the two countries’ disputed maritime border, killing four – including two civilians – and demolishing scores of houses and other structures. The presence of civilians, many of whom had to be evacuated, made North Korea’s attack even more provocative than its sinking in March of the South Korean warship Cheonan, which killed 46 sailors.
发自剑桥——朝鲜究竟出了什么问题？在上月23日，朝鲜人民军向位于两国争议领海边界的韩国延坪岛倾泻了近200发炮弹，致使4人（包括两名平民）丧生，摧毁数栋民居建筑。这些平民原本是应该被撤离的，而他们的出现则使朝鲜的袭击比3月击沉韩国天安舰并导致46名海军人员丧生的事件更具爆炸性。