The US said today that China and other key nations had agreed to condemn the attack on a South Korean warship and express “deep concern” over findings that North Korea was to blame.

The UN Command’s Military Armistice Commission has started an inquiry into whether the sinking of a South Korean naval ship blamed on North Korea broke the Korean War truce.

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said today that North Korea should face international consequences over the sinking of a South Korean warship.