Clinton in Seoul for crisis talks on NKorea

U.S. desk of Hillary Rodham Clinton at home in Seoul for crisis talks with South Korean leaders that the tension between North and South Korea has climbed to their uppermost point in a decade.

Southern fears of conflict, Clinton landed in South Korean assets Wednesday local time, after strong deliberations about the failing situation with Chinese authorities in Beijing.

Clinton will use only a few hours in Seoul to discuss likely international responses to the crisis that began last week when investigators blame North Korea for the sinking of a South Korean warships. The North denies it was accountable, and has threatened to retaliate if they contract with it.