BBC News – November 10, 2009
The White House has warned Pyongyang against any escalation of hostilities after a North Korean vessel clashed with a warship from the South.
The navy crews exchanged fire near a disputed maritime border between the two countries; each side accused the other of violating the sea boundary.
The two navies have engaged in deadly exchanges twice along their western sea border in the past decade.
The row comes days before US President Barack Obama is to visit Asia.
North Korea is expected to be high on the agenda for Mr Obama, who has decided to send a special envoy to Pyongyang for rare direct talks on the communist state’s nuclear weapons programme, according to US officials.
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