South Korea Plans Live Firing Drill from Attacked Island

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VOANews.com:

In a move likely to further escalate tension on the Korean peninsula, Seoul's military says it will resume live-firing artillery drills from an island North Korea attacked last month.

South Korea's military Thursday said artillery training will resume from Yeonpyeong island, possibly as soon as Saturday.

Spokesman Colonel Lee Boong-wu calls the exercise routine and legitimate. He says it is meant to bolster the defenses of the country's northwestern islands, which sit below the maritime border, the Northern Limit Line.

Lee says the timing of the shelling will be announced in navigation alerts beforehand. He adds that representatives of the 16-member countries of the U.N. Command and the Military Armistice Commission will observe to see that it abides by the 1953 ceasefire agreement.

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Based on some of the pictures I saw of their accuracy during the last blow up, they could use the practice.

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Again, from Twitter:

 

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#DPRK radio: "Provocative shell firing plan from Yeonpyeong against our Republic's sacred territorial waters must be withdrawn immediately."