`About 10 NK soldiers killed in 2010 shelling of S.Korean isle`

More than 10 North Korean soldiers were killed and tens of others injured by South Korean counterattacks when the North shelled Yeonpyeong Island in 2010, Radio Free Asia quoted a source from the Stalinist country Friday.

“I heard this story from a North Korean battalion commander who saw a military car carrying wounded and dead soldiers arrive at a military hospital in Pyongyang,” the source said, adding, "North Korean military authorities were also scared by South Korea’s state-of-the-art weapons."

Since the shelling, the source said, the North Korean military is reluctant to fight South Korean armed forces.

“Unlike in the past, the North Korean 4th Army Corps Headquarters frequently makes orders such as ‘Do not open undirected fire’ and ‘Do not be deceived by enemy provocations,`” the source said.