Tensions surrounding the disputed Northern Limit Line are expected to heat up later this week as the second anniversary of the Yeonpyeong Island shelling approaches. The South Korean government has not only announced plans to hold field and simulated exercises on November 23rd (the day of the attack), but will also open a memorial hall on the island the day after the anniversary.

The North has responded with typical harshly-worded articles, though in notably fewer numbers than last year. Much of this criticism accuses the Lee government of using the second anniversary as a political ploy; for example, a spokesman