Clinton says US, China must coordinate response to SKorean ship sinking blamed on North Korea

Clinton: US, China must act together on NKorea

BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging China to work with the United States to coordinate a response to the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on North Korea.

Opening two days of high-level U.S.-China talks in Beijing, Clinton said Monday that North Korea must be held to account for the incident that international investigators have determined was caused by a torpedo fired from a North Korean submarine. China is North Korea’s main ally and has thus far remained neutral on the investigation.

South Korea plans to ask the U.N. Security Council later Monday to take up the matter, which it sees as a violation of the truce that ended the Korean War. U.S. officials say they have more work to do to convince China that North Korea was responsible for the ship sinking.