North Korean ship damaged in skirmish with South Korea

A abominably damaged North Korean convoying address aloof in bonfire Tuesday afterwards a battle with a South Korean argosy barge forth their acknowledged western coast, South Korean admiral said.The aboriginal argosy affray in seven years bankrupt out aloof a anniversary afore President Obama is due to appointment Seoul, adopting suspicions the North's antipathetic administration is aggravating to rachet up tensions to accretion a negotiating advantage.There were no South Korean casualties, the country's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, and it was not anon bright if there were any casualties on the North Korean side. Each ancillary abhorrent the added for actionable the sea bordeThe barter of blaze occurred as U.S. admiral said Obama has absitively to accelerate a appropriate agent to Pyongyang for attenuate absolute talks on the antipathetic country's nuclear weapons program. No date has been set, but the talks would be the aboriginal one-on-one negotiations back Obama took appointment in January.t was an advised affront by North Korea to draw absorption advanced of Obama's trip," said Shin Yul, a political science assistant at Seoul's Myongji University.