South Korea’s defence minister has resigned amid a wave of criticism that the country had been unprepared for a North Korean bombardment on Tuesday that killed four people and destroyed dozens of houses.
Seoul launched no effective counter-attack to the North Korean shelling of an island in the Yellow Sea, putting South Korea’s military posture under intense scrutiny.
The inaction broke pledges made by Seoul, after one of its warships was torpedoed in March, that it would be ready for subsequent attacks and would respond forcefully.
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