The sinking of a South Korean corvette in the Yellow Sea is serving as a wake-up call for the South Korean military, with Seoul now convinced that North Korea was responsible for the naval disaster, which killed 46 sailors on 26 March.rnSouth Korean President Lee Myung Bak has heavily criticised the way the country's military handled the case, amid speculation that an undetected North Korean torpedo was responsible for the sinking of the Chon An. "It seems like the military may have fallen into complacency now that 60 years have passed since the division of the peninsula," said Lee. Behind the scenes, a turf war is being conducted between the Presidential Palace and the Ministry of National Defence over responsibility for the disaster, an insider told Jane's.
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