South Korea to officially blame North Korea for March torpedo attack on warship

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2010/05/19/ST2010051901048.html?sid=ST2010051901048

By Blaine Harden and John Pomfret
Wednesday, May 19, 2010; 2:23 PM

SEOUL -- South Korea's foreign minister said Wednesday the sinking of one of its warships in March was the result of a North Korean attack, adding that his country now has enough evidence to seek action by the U.N. Security Council against the North. snip

Still, there is considerable doubt even in the South Korean Foreign Ministry about how far Seoul will be able to go with its charges against the North -- given China's veto power in the U.N. Security Council.

"We know that if we go to the Security Council, we don't have much of a chance," said a Foreign Ministry official, "because the sinking is probably going to be viewed as a conflict that happened during a cease-fire -- and not a conflict between two sovereign nations."