Huge South Korea Drill Likely to Infuriate North

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea announced on Wednesday land and sea military exercises including its largest-ever live-fire drill near North Korea in a big show of force just as tension on the peninsula was easing after Pyongyang's attack on a southern island.

The land drill, involving artillery, fighter jets and the largest number of personnel in a peace-time exercise, will take place on Thursday, after the South's live-fire artillery exercise on Monday on the island of Yeonpyeong, and is bound to infuriate the North.

South Korea is also holding three days of live-firing drills off the peninsula's east coast starting on Wednesday, a media official at the Defence Ministry said.

He would not provide details. Yonhap news agency said the drills were taking place 60 miles south of the maritime border with North Korea and involved at least six naval boats.

North Korea this week offered to re-admit U.N. inspectors concerned about its nuclear-weapon programme, leading to speculation of a resumption of six-party disarmament talks and a general sigh of relief around the world that the crisis had passed.

"Yes, it will be a show of force against that," an army officer said when asked if the shelling of Yeonpyeong island last month was a factor in the land drill's planning.
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Here we go again...

[Valin]

WestVirginiaRebel

 

What doesn't infuriate them?

[AceRimmer]

North Korea this week offered to re-admit U.N. inspectors concerned about its nuclear-weapon programme, leading to speculation of a resumption of six-party disarmament talks and a general sigh of relief around the world that the crisis had passed.

 

I'm sure Jimmy Carter is already booking a flight to Pyongyang. "Forget about Christmas and Habitat for Humanity, there's a chance to sell out America and her allies again!", he'll no doubt tell the TV cameras while he's boarding the plane.

[Casino67]

From Twitter:

 

W7VOA

 

Largest #ROK wintertime joint Army-AF live fire exercise begins in less than 3 hours at Pocheon, 30km S of border with #DPRK. #Koreas