[Ronin4hire]

Originally Posted by Jaydelart

North Korea Bombards South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island in Deadly Attack
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/wo...a.html?_r=1&hp
BBC News - North Korean artillery hits South Korean island‎
S. Korea: shelling 'provocation' | Video | Reuters.com

That would essentially be "strike two", as anything close to an act of war from the North again could most likely resume the Korean War. However, something doesn't add up -- or, rather, something hasn't been properly addressed: the details on the strategic motive are unclear. Naturally, there's intelligence being withheld by the militaries, in which may provide the logic behind firing at a target that would achieve nothing beyond escalated hostility. And, if the objective is provocation, why?

I think I read that people in China think that it's trying to gain leverage for when talks resume while people in South Korea thinks it's trying to transition power to Kim Jong Il's son.

Both sound like reasonable explanations especially the latter.