Language out of President Lee’s office seems to be changing a little bit -
1305: Japan describes North Korea’s artillery attack as “unforgiveable”, Reuters reports.
1305: The office of South Korea’s president says in a statement: “The firing... constitutes an indisputable armed provocation against the Republic of Korea. Such actions will never be tolerated... The North Korean authorities will have to take full responsibility for the incident.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/....
Can the ROK government survive a tepid response?
His rhetoric is getting tougher each hour, it seems. The guy must be feeling the heat from general public, especially conservatives. They now consider him a traitor. However, the rhetoric is one thing and the action is quite another. Until bombs hit their target.