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[B](CNN)[/B] -- The South Korean navy began live-fire exercises on the seas surrounding the Korean peninsula Monday in the midst of bristling tensions with the North, South Korean state media reported.
The military exercises are taking place in the waters off all three coasts of the Korean peninsula, officials at the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff told the Yonhap news agency.
They are scheduled to last through Friday and come on the heels of joint military drills between the United States and South Korea that ended last week and nearly two weeks after the North's November 23 shelling of South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island. The attack killed four South Koreans -- two civilians and two military personnel -- and the South returned fire.
The live-fire drills are a routine monthly exercise aimed at securing the safety of ships in the area, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff told CNN last week. But they come amid rising tensions on the divided peninsula.
North Korea's official news agency, KCNA, lambasted the planned exercises in an article Sunday -- claiming South Korea's government was trying to orchestrate another clash around the border island "at any cost and ignite a war come what may under this pretext."
South Korea's new defense minister said Friday his country would respond with airstrikes if North Korea attacks it again, in some of the strongest rhetoric since the conflict broke out late last month.
"We will definitely air raid North Korea," Kim Kwan-jin said at his confirmation hearing when asked how the South would respond if struck again, according to Yonhap.
Kim was appointed defense minister last week amid growing tensions on the Korean peninsula following an exchange of gunfire between the two sides. He took office on Saturday.
His comments reflect a potential shift in South Korea's policy toward provocations from the North. Previously, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak warned of severe consequences if the North launched another attack, but declined to name specifics.
"If the North commits any additional provocations against the South, we will make sure that it pays a dear price without fail," he said in a nationally televised address a week ago.[/quote]
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They've been doing this for weeks...
"Hey North Korea watch how far I can piss into your territory."
"Not as far as I can piss into your territory, South Korea! :arghfist::mad:"
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;26523795]"Hey Great Leader,can we conduct military exercises without you thinking were throwing shit at you."
"Sure but don't blame me when my pricky son fires shit at you back"[/QUOTE]
Best Korea, why can't you defeat worst Korea?
[QUOTE=faze;26524235]Best Korea, why can't you defeat worst Korea?[/QUOTE]
Because we would be wasting our time on them
[QUOTE=Kim_Jong_il;26524241]Because we would be wasting our time on them[/QUOTE]
You could be unified under glorious leader's rule though!
"No, my cannon's are the biggest!"
:smug:
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;26523795]"Hey North Korea watch how far I can piss into your territory."
"Not as far as I can piss into your territory, South Korea! :arghfist::mad:"[/QUOTE]
And they all been pissing into the sea of piss, courtesy of Mikfoz.
oh man,shit goin' down for real this time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
come on kim jong, you need to hurry up and take over SK if you want to stop 30 million other people from having food too
If Nk takes over Sk, then the deaths of starving is larger then deaths by videogames in Korea, who could know?
Thanks a lot faze, you dumb idiot. People are wagoning late ratings now.
[QUOTE=sonicrjk;26528788]Thanks a lot faze, you dumb idiot. People are wagoning late ratings now.[/QUOTE]
I gave you a late just because you complained about having 3 late ratings.
[QUOTE=sonicrjk;26528788]Thanks a lot faze, you dumb idiot. People are wagoning late ratings now.[/QUOTE]
Don't bitch. You were in fact late. No need to flame.
[QUOTE=faze;26529137]Don't bitch. You were in fact late. No need to flame.[/QUOTE]
Direct me to the thread that beat me to posting this article please.
[QUOTE=sonicrjk;26531219]Direct me to the thread that beat me to posting this article please.[/QUOTE]These drills have been going on for a long while.
And it still just a dickwaving contest
[QUOTE=faze;26531241]These drills have been going on for a long while.[/QUOTE]
This article is new.
[QUOTE=sonicrjk;26531293]This article is new.[/QUOTE]
It's a fucking rating on Facepunch, don't get your panties in a wad.
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