South Korean president vows to boost his nation's defense

Monday, January 3, 2011

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's president compared a deadly North Korean artillery barrage to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, saying today that the South must strengthen defenses and cannot let the North "covet even an inch of our territory."

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