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But some lawmakers argue that he said the same after the Cheonan warship was sunk.

At least after the sinking of the Cheonan he won praise for not rushing into a military conflict.

The statement said the Cheonan was 'hit by a torpedo allegedly fired from a North Korean submarine. '

Since the sinking of the Cheonan, South Korea has dreaded that Pyongyang would raise the stakes with an attack on civilian targets.

But last week's message said the South may use the Cheonan incident as a pretense for war, Hyun said.

It promised Thursday to respond to any South Korean retaliation for the sinking of the Cheonan with "all-out war. "

The exercise is in response to the unprovoked attack on and sinking of the South Korean frigate Cheonan off the west coast of the peninsula.

A: The Cheonan incident is an extremely complicated issue of which China has no first-hand information.

This time, the North Korean government has threatened "all-out war" if it is punished for the Cheonan sinking.

Second, the ROK media reported that the ROK military believed the ship Cheonan was hit by a torpedo launched by a DPRK submarine.

China has so far refused to publicly blame North Korea for the Cheonan's sinking, and effectively blocked strong action against Pyongyang.

The drill was held away from the Yellow Sea border near where the Cheonan was torn in two by the North's torpedo attack in late March.

The administration of Barack Obama views Beijing as central to any moves to punish North Korea for the Cheonan incident.

The two countries decided to add several naval exercises this year following the sinking of the Cheonan.

Those considerations are probably still the bottom line as it decides how to respond to the Cheonan sinking.

Youths who had been reluctant to sign up for compulsory military service after the Cheonan sinking are now more eager.

After the Cheonan incident, Mr Lee seemed to think he could persuade Beijing to condemn the attack.

Q: Some South Koreans can't understand why it is taking China so long to recognize the investigation results of the ROK on the Cheonan ship.

The message on the closed-circuit radio blamed South Korea for the recent sinking of a South Korean ship, Hyun said.

An international investigation concluded that the South Korean frigate Cheonan was attacked by a North Korean torpedo.

When North Korea sank the Cheonan, China had to choose between security and its increasingly close ties to South Korea.

It is using the South's implication of it in the Cheonan sinking to stoke war fears at home and boost its legitimacy.

Q: Has China completed its assessment of the ROK investigation into the cause of the Cheonan incident?

An international investigation into the Cheonan incident blamed North Korea, but conspiracy theorists still come up with other culprits.

Some analysts believe he was the brains behind the March attack on the South Korean ship Cheonan, killing 46 sailors.

LEE MYUNG-BAK, South Korea's president, has shown impressive restraint since the Cheonan, a South Korean warship, was sunk on March 26th.

China's public reaction, as after the Cheonan's sinking, was to urge calm and condemn no one.

Last week, South Korea made public its investigation into the Cheonan's sinking and formally charged North Korea with launching the torpedo.

South Korean defence ministry officials have suggested the North could have sunk its warship, the Cheonan, last month.

South Korea had wanted to hold the joint war games in the Yellow Sea (see map), near where the Cheonan sank.

A joint international team last week found that North Korea was responsible for the sinking of the Cheonan.

The letter outlines an international probe team's findings that the warship "Cheonan" was sunk by a torpedo attack from the DPRK.

The leaflets denounced the DPRK regime and showed the ROK's investigation of the sinking of the warship "Cheonan" .

Q: When will China finish its assessment of the investigation into the Cheonan incident?

Some analysts reckon that the sinking of the Cheonan has to be seen in this context.

Mr Kim paid a visit to his comrades ahead of the Cheonan fallout.

A: ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung Hwan expressed his concern on Cheonan in the meeting.

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Following the sinking of the Cheonan, North Korea issued a series of statements critical of the maritime border.

The white paper's publication was delayed six months to include information on the sinking of the Cheonan navy ship in March.

The North sank the Cheonan, taking the precious lives of our young sailors.

Yang Jiechi said that the sinking of Cheonan was a tragic incident.

Beijing's public paralysis on the Cheonan feud may flow from what it sees as a lack of good options.

That principle applies to the handling of the Cheonan incident. '

North Korea's military has blamed South Korea for the Cheonan's sinking, though the North hasn't explicitly denied being involved.

What position will he bring to the meeting about the Cheonan incident?

nearly all the trade with North Korea in the response to the sinking of ROKS Cheonan.

The joint visit comes four months after the sinking of the South Korean Navy ship, Cheonan, which killed 46 sailors on board.

Seoul wants an apology; Pyongyang denies it torpedoed the Cheonan warship.

China's response to the Cheonan disaster clearly shows we cannot expect reason from the country.

Pyongyang denies any involvement in the sinking of the Cheonan.

Tension has been running particularly high in the Korean peninsula after the March 26 sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan.

The UN Security Council issued a statement on the Cheonan, a South Korean patrol vessel that was sunk in March.

North Korea has been blamed for sinking South Korea's Cheonan warship in the West Sea, or Yellow Sea, in March.

The sinking of the Cheonan will embolden those in Beijing who want to escape the ties with North Korea.

He has used the Cheonan affair to stir up nationalism at home, by thundering about the threat of invasion.

China calls for defusing tensions over Cheonan sinking.

The South Korean warship Cheonan was torpedoed in March in this disputed area, leaving 46 sailors dead.

But tensions are heightened after the sinking of the Cheonan warship on March 26, killing 46 South Korean sailors.

And, as we saw with the sinking of the Cheonan, it continues its history of unpredictable and, at times, provocative behavior.

If the Cheonan incident helps its leaders do that, the 46 sailors will not have died in vain.

According to a recent poll, 72% trust the government's conclusion that North Korea was behind the Cheonan's sinking.

It also stands accused of torpedoing the South Korean warship Cheonan in March 2010, killing 46 sailors.

This is the first shipment of aid since the Cheonan sank in March.

It didn't refer to the Cheonan sinking in the announcement.

The Seoul-Beijing ties suffered a setback in the wake of the Cheonan and Yeonpyeong incidents last year.

The sinking of the Cheonan sharply worsened inter-Korean ties