Defense ministry: South Korea ends live-fire drill

Source: CNN


Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- South Korea's live-fire military exercise has ended, the country's defense ministry said Monday.

The drill started about two hours earlier Monday afternoon, and fighter jets took to the sky in preparation for possible retaliation by North Korea.

North Korea had said the drill could ignite a war and that it would respond militarily to the exercise, but the country did not act immediately on Monday.

Instead, the North agreed to a series of actions after former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson urged the country not to respond aggressively.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/20/koreas.tensions/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

I backed him for president with those skills, but he never had a chance.

as what happens on the other side of the world don't matter.

:-)

Oh and recommended

It matters to people in Korea.

:-)

Source: BBC


Korea crisis: Yeonpyeong war games increase tension

The threat of a North Korean response has caused anxiety in the South
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Pyongyang had threatened to retaliate, but there was no sign of fire from the North's side of the border.

The North shelled the island after a drill last month, killing four people.

Earlier, the UN Security Council failed to reach a deal on the issue after eight hours of talks. China and Russia urged Seoul to halt the drill.

But the US envoy to the UN, Susan Rice, said the drills were "fully consistent with South Korea's legal right to self defence".

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12033330

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Well such is life, soon it is time to go to bed... but it is always fun to watch these things as they develop. It is very different than when doing this as a historian...

Oh and to some folks who believe that one hopes for war, well been there done that, got them friggin nightmares... not that people understand this at times.