NEW : The divided peninsula -- tense at the best of times -- has been near the boiling point since Tuesday , when four people died in a North Korean artillery barrage that targeted the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong . Jiyeon Lee condemns the past 15 years shelling as an `` inhuman crime '' NEW : `` We can not stay patient and be generous '' North Korea will consider a Democratic call for emergency talks . South Korea calls the military exercises a pretext for war and aggression .
NEW : Jiyeon Lee condemns the past 15 years shelling as an `` inhuman crime '' NEW : `` We can not stay patient and be generous '' North Korea will consider a Democratic call for emergency talks . South Korea calls the military exercises a pretext for war and aggression .