This could become an issue for us...maybe this was a 'proxy' test for the current administration? 
Richard's $.02 
S. Korea Briefs Diplomats on Torpedo Attack
NYT, 19 May 2010
South Korea told foreign diplomats in closed-door briefings on Wednesday that a North Korean torpedo sank a warship in March, killing 46 sailors.
Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan also became the first government official to publicly accuse North Korea, saying in a speech that the South Korean warship, the Cheonan, “sank by a torpedo blast.” His remarks came at a European Union Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
When asked whether North Korea had attacked the ship, Mr. Yu said on Wednesday, “I think it’s obvious.”
The Seoul government’s conclusion, which it planned to formally announce on Thursday, came after an investigation that included experts from the United States, Britain, Sweden and Australia.
The announcement will effectively accuse North Korea of committing its deadliest provocation since the 1987 bombing of a South Korean passenger jet that killed 115 people. It also is bound to escalate tensions between the Koreas and intensify an international debate on how to punish the North.
The private briefings on Wednesday were given to diplomats from 30 countries and amounted to the beginning of the government’s rallying of international support for sanctions against Pyongyang.
“The blame is on North Korea,” a South Korean government official said. “Our focus now is how to muster international support for punishing the North.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/wo...ef=global-home