North Korea has fired several artillery shells into South Korea

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (C) speaks to army soldiers during his visit to a military observation post of the front-line unit in the demilitarized zone in Yanggu, far northeast of Seoul, December 23, 2010.​

 

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (C) poses for photographs with soldiers during his visit to a military observation post of the front-line unit in the demilitarized zone in Yanggu, far northeast of Seoul, December 23, 2010.

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (R) looks north through a pair of binoculars during his visit to a military observation post of the front-line unit in the demilitarized zone in Yanggu, far northeast of Seoul, December 23, 2010.​

 

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A South Korea's K-1 tank fires live rounds during the largest joint air and ground military exercises on the Seungjin Fire Training Field in mountainous Pocheon, 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the Koreas' heavily fortified border, South Korea Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. South Korean fighter jets dropped bombs and tanks fired artillery Thursday as the military staged its largest air and ground firing drills of the year in a show of force a month after North Korea's deadly shelling of a front-line island.​

 

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An explosion is seen on a mountain range during air and ground military exercises on the Seungjin Fire Training Field, in mountainous Pocheon December 23, 2010.​

 

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Two F-15K fighter jets drop bombs on a mountain target during air and ground military exercises on the Seungjin Fire Training Field, in mountainous Pocheon December 23, 2010. North Korea criticised major land and sea military exercises staged by the South on Thursday, but stopped short of threatening a retaliatory strike as tension remained high on the divided peninsula. In a show of military might, South Korea held a major land drill in the Pocheon region, between Seoul and the heavily armed demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas. It also continued naval live-fire exercises 100 km (60 miles) south of the maritime border with North Korea.​

 

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An AH-1S Cobra helicopter fires machine gun rounds on a mountain target during air and ground military exercises on the Seungjin Fire Training Field, in mountainous Pocheon December 23, 2010.​

 

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Long range rockets are fired a mountain range during the largest joint air and ground military exercises of the year Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, on the Seungjin Fire Training Field in mountainous Pocheon, 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the Koreas' heavily fortified border, South Korea.​

 

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South Korea K-9 self-propelled guns fire live rounds during air and ground military exercises on the Seungjin Fire Training Field, in mountainous Pocheon December 23, 2010.​

 

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South Korean Army's K-9 self-propelled guns fire live rounds during the largest joint air and ground military exercises on the Seungjin Fire Training Field in mountainous Pocheon, 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the Koreas' heavily fortified border, South Korea Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010.​

North Korea 'ready for sacred war' as South holds major drill
23 December 2010

SEOUL: North Korea on Thursday said it was ready for a "sacred war" using its nuclear weapons as the South held a live-fire drill in a show of strength a month after Pyongyang's deadly attack on a border island.
Armed forces minister Kim Young-Chun also repeated Pyongyang's charges that the South's exercises near the border were in preparation for a new Korean war, the communist state's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
"The revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK (North Korea) are getting fully prepared to launch a sacred war of justice of Korean style based on the nuclear deterrent at any time necessary to cope with the enemies' actions deliberately pushing the situation to the brink of a war," Kim was quoted as saying.
The threat came after South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak, visiting a frontline army unit elsewhere, warned of severe retaliation in the event of a new attack by the North.
Kim's comments prompted the US State Department to chide North Korea for its "belligerent tricks".
"We need constructive actions, not heated rhetoric," spokesman Philip Crowley said in a message on the micro-blogging website Twitter.
The South's military was heavily criticised for a perceived feeble response to last month's bombardment which killed four people including civilians.
It has been stressing its battle-readiness and determination to hit back harder next time, using air power.
"We should make a stronger and bigger counter-strike so they cannot provoke us again," Lee was quoted by Yonhap news agency as saying.
"We've endured for long enough. We thought we could maintain peace on this land if we endured, but that was not the case," Lee said. "Now we need to strongly retaliate to maintain peace, deter provocations and prevent war."
People in the North, the president said, "are almost starving to death, and with the money spent to make atomic bombs, people could live".
The exercise at the Pocheon range, 30 kilometres south of the tense land border with North Korea, lasted about 40 minutes.
Some 800 troops took part along with 30 tanks, 11 armoured personnel carriers, six jets, 36 artillery pieces, three multiple long-range rockets, seven helicopters and other equipment.
The navy began a four-day exercise off the east coast on Wednesday.
KCNA said the South was committing a "grave military provocation" by staging the drill.
The agency said the warning came during a meeting in Pyongyang marking the 19th anniversary of leader Kim Jong-Il gaining supreme command of the Korean People's Army.
The South says its drills are defensive. But tensions have been high on the peninsula since the North shelled Yeonpyeong island near the contested western sea border on November 23.
The North said its shelling was in response to the South's live-fire drill on the island. Seoul said it had been staging such artillery exercises for 37 years and its neighbour was seeking a pretext to attack.
Seoul staged a repeat drill on the same island on Monday, backed up by jet fighters and warships, but the North did not follow through with threats to retaliate.
Some analysts said Seoul's show of force deterred the North. Others said the hardline regime had been told by close ally China to exercise restraint before a visit to Washington by President Hu Jintao starting on January 19.
The military invited students and other locals to watch Thursday's exercise.

"Another North Korean provocation will happen. We should prepare our military perfectly for that," Kim Tae-Dong, a 70-year-old Internet businessman, told a pool reporter.

Analysts agreed, saying Pyongyang was likely just biding its time before another strike.

"It's not a question of whether there will be another provocation, but when," said Peter Beck, a North Korea expert with the Washington-based Council on Foreign Relations.
President Lee said it was hard to predict how or where the North would attack again.
Tanks raced along roads, firing as they went in Thursday's drill. Hovering helicopters fired rockets at targets and F-15 aircraft dropped bombs into a valley, sending up huge plumes of smoke.
"Please understand that our military is equipped with every technology to destroy the enemy at a single stroke if the enemy recklessly stages a provocation," Brigadier-General Joo Eun-Sik told reporters.

The United States, which has 28,500 troops based in the South, earlier warned North Korea there was no reason for it to respond to the latest drills.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the manoeuvres had been announced well in advance and were transparent and defensive, and "should in no way engender a response from the North Koreans".

 

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South Korean military soldiers take part during a joint air and ground force military exercise 25 kilometres from the North Korean border on December 23, 2010 in Pocheon, South Korea.

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[cheowyonglee]

there is only one china.that is the ' Republic Of China ' !!!

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South Korean Marines pray during a service for Christmas at a Catholic church on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. (As of 2007, 30% of South Korea's population are christians.)​

 

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South Korean marines stand guard on their post on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. South Korea's president vowed relentless retaliation against North Korea if provoked again, saying Monday he is not afraid of war with the communist North.

South Korean Army soldiers man a guard post near the Incheon Bridge, right, in Incheon, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. North Korea's belligerence is expected to deepen next year as the country undergoes a hereditary transfer of power, with Pyongyang waging more attacks on front-line South Korean islands and possibly conducting a third nuclear bomb test, a state-run think tank said in a report posted online Monday.​

 

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Anti-North Korea protesters shout slogans, holding pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his youngest son Kim Jong Un during a rally in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010.​

 

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A protester burns a North Korean flag and portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his son Kim Jong-un during an anti-North Korea rally near the U.S. embassy in Seoul December 28, 2010. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called for national solidarity against military aggression by the North on Monday, saying Pyongyang looks for division in the South as an opportunity to strike. The Chinese letters on the front sign read; "China! Stop supporting North Korea immediately!".​

 

[cheowyonglee]

the only way to end north korea threat to the world is ...
topple the communist china by support ROC in Taiwan to fight back and take back China!!!