After a bombardment of shells in January, residents on the South Korean island of Yeongpyeong are anxiously waiting for another attack. Some wonder: could it happen again?
Pensioner Jung Eun Jin no longer feels safe in her home after a bombardment of shells landed precariously close to her quaint little island earlier this year.
Islands controlled by North Korea are easily visible from the shoreline, while the mainland can be seen on a clear day.In 2010, two civilians and two military personnel were killed when North Korea shelled the island, in apparent retaliation for South Korean military exercises.Each are equipped with enough food for occupants to survive underground for a week as well as medical equipment, gas masks, bedding, showers, and a giant screen that broadcasts images from outside.
"For residents who have experienced the home attack before, they may feel more anxious than I do," he said.Relations between North and South Korea are at their lowest point in decades, after North Korea ramped up its warmongering rhetoric and started testing a flurry of weapons."Now is the time to be more thoroughly prepared for war than ever before," said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a military academy in April.
It lead to a multitude of weapon systems tests, which has included more traditional weapons — including intercontinental ballistic missiles — to the more bizarre, such as underwater drones.The North boasts each test is another success but Dr Bong is doubtful this is the case, stating the country is trying a scattergun approach to see what works.
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