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February 21, 2012, Tuesday
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NORTH Korea raised its military alert ahead of a live-fire artillery drill by South Korea yesterday.
The exercise, involving the use of mortars, some 5,000 rounds of ammunition and attack helicopters, took place near a disputed sea border off the west coast and near a South Korean island bombarded by North Korea after a similar drill in 2010.
South Korea said the drill, the second of its kind in the area this year, was routine and had passed without incident.
"The exercise took place normally according to plan. North Korea maintained a higher level of response posture than normal," South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted a military official as saying.
North Korea had threatened "merciless retaliatory strikes" if South Korea violated its territorial waters during the exercise.
In its warning, North Korea said South Korea "should not forget" its shelling on the southern island of Yeonpyeong in November 2010, in which four people, including two civilians, were killed.
The attack on the island was the first on civilians since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. North Korea at the time said South Korea's military drill near the disputed maritime border triggered the bombardment.
The exercise, involving the use of mortars, some 5,000 rounds of ammunition and attack helicopters, took place near a disputed sea border off the west coast and near a South Korean island bombarded by North Korea after a similar drill in 2010.
South Korea said the drill, the second of its kind in the area this year, was routine and had passed without incident.
"The exercise took place normally according to plan. North Korea maintained a higher level of response posture than normal," South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted a military official as saying.
North Korea had threatened "merciless retaliatory strikes" if South Korea violated its territorial waters during the exercise.
In its warning, North Korea said South Korea "should not forget" its shelling on the southern island of Yeonpyeong in November 2010, in which four people, including two civilians, were killed.
The attack on the island was the first on civilians since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. North Korea at the time said South Korea's military drill near the disputed maritime border triggered the bombardment.
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