{"id":18690,"date":"2012-03-02T16:27:38","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T07:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=18690"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:54:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:54:00","slug":"10-nk-deaths-in-yeonpyeong-respons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/10-nk-deaths-in-yeonpyeong-respons\/","title":{"rendered":"10 NK Deaths in Yeonpyeong Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately 40 North Koreans were reportedly injured by the South Korean artillery response to North Korea\u2019s shelling of Yeonpyeong Island, according to an inside source cited by Radio Free Asia today.<\/p>\n<p>The source from South Hwanghae Province reportedly told Radio Free Asia, \u201cI heard from this battalion commander that 10 North Korean soldiers were killed and 30 wounded in the 2010 Battle of Yeonpyeong Island. 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