June 12,2012 YOYONHAP, Korea
Pyongyang has shown an unusual amount of military activity recently, dispatching additional aircraft
to frontline airfields and ordering a flight near the DMZ, according to a government official.
"North Korea has deployed a bunch of Sukhoi and MiG jet fighters to some frontline military airfields,
such as those in Taetan, and Nuchon-ri, South Hwanghae," the official told the JoongAng Ilbo yesterday.
"They are dramatically bulking up the military drills of those aircraft."
He did not estimate how many combat jets Pyongyang has sent to frontline areas. The airfields in Taetan
and Nuchon-ri are located 40 to 50 kilometers (24 to 31 miles) from the border with Korea, and it would
take three to five minutes for a jet to get to Seoul and the Gyeonggi region.
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Sources said a Sukhoi S-25 ground attack jet flew close to the Northern Limit Line, 20 to 50 kilometers
from the military border, last Tuesday. The regime's new leader, Kim Jong-un, reportedly has increased the
duration of air force military exercises.
Amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, a state-owned radio
station, also warned yesterday of an attack on the local press or broadcasting stations in the South: "We are
waiting to order [the military] to set fire to not only the Chosun Ilbo, the JoongAng Ilbo and the Dong-A Ilbo,
but also to KBS, CBS, MBC, and SBS."
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Pyongyang has shown an unusual amount of military activity recently, dispatching additional aircraft
to frontline airfields and ordering a flight near the DMZ, according to a government official.
"North Korea has deployed a bunch of Sukhoi and MiG jet fighters to some frontline military airfields,
such as those in Taetan, and Nuchon-ri, South Hwanghae," the official told the JoongAng Ilbo yesterday.
"They are dramatically bulking up the military drills of those aircraft."
He did not estimate how many combat jets Pyongyang has sent to frontline areas. The airfields in Taetan
and Nuchon-ri are located 40 to 50 kilometers (24 to 31 miles) from the border with Korea, and it would
take three to five minutes for a jet to get to Seoul and the Gyeonggi region.
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Sources said a Sukhoi S-25 ground attack jet flew close to the Northern Limit Line, 20 to 50 kilometers
from the military border, last Tuesday. The regime's new leader, Kim Jong-un, reportedly has increased the
duration of air force military exercises.
Amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, a state-owned radio
station, also warned yesterday of an attack on the local press or broadcasting stations in the South: "We are
waiting to order [the military] to set fire to not only the Chosun Ilbo, the JoongAng Ilbo and the Dong-A Ilbo,
but also to KBS, CBS, MBC, and SBS."
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