Tue Nov 10, 9:56 AM ET

South Korean speedboats armed with canons and machine guns. A North Korean patrol boat was set ablaze after exchanging fire with South Korea's navy, as cross-border tensions rose a week before a scheduled US presidential visit. (AFP/South Korean Navy)

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