Apparently, this afternoon, North Korea shot shells at Yeonpyeong island, a small island west of Seoul in South Korea. South Korea has fired back. Two people have been killed, and maybe 20 injured. Not sure what is going to happen, but praying that God keeps us all safe. So far, we are fine and having no problems, but our administration is closely monitoring the situation and will let us know as any needs arise.
Here is an article from Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AM0YS20101123?pageNumber=1
And another from JoongAng Daily:
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2928751
Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/23/korea-attack-yeonpyeong-island_n_787294.html
NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/world/asia/24korea.html?_r=1&hp
Hopefully this will not escalate into a full-fledged war. Keep us in your prayers over here, though! I jokingly commented to my co-worker tonight..."if Koreas go to war, do you think GSIS will let us out of our two-year contract?" :)
I will say that I have finally decided to register myself with the U.S. Embassy, however! I have been meaning to do this for over 2 yrs, so now I actually have a reason to do it.
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