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Sun, 06/26/2011 - 05:17
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S. Korea to stage military drills near border with N. Korea
South Korea will hold military drills near the heavily fortified border with North Korea this week, the Army said Sunday.
The field-training exercises, set to start Monday and run through Friday in the border city of Paju, are designed to examine the military's combat readiness, the Army said.
The drill comes amid lingering tensions with North Korea over its two deadly attacks on the South last year that killed 50 South Koreans, mostly soldiers.
South Korea regularly conducts its own military training across the country and also stages joint exercises with the U.S. military to try to deter any possible aggression from the North.
About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended in an armistice.
The field-training exercises, set to start Monday and run through Friday in the border city of Paju, are designed to examine the military's combat readiness, the Army said.
The drill comes amid lingering tensions with North Korea over its two deadly attacks on the South last year that killed 50 South Koreans, mostly soldiers.
South Korea regularly conducts its own military training across the country and also stages joint exercises with the U.S. military to try to deter any possible aggression from the North.
About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended in an armistice.
