28 January 2012

News Story: S Korea stages live-fire drill near sea border


SEOUL (AFP): South Korean Marines staged a live-fire artillery drill on Thursday on an island shelled by North Korea in 2010, the first such exercise since the death of Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong-Il last month.

"Our troops staged two-hour firing drills today" on two frontline islands -- Baengnyeong and Yeonpyeong, a Marine Corps spokesman told AFP.

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