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North conducts emergency drill of top security Exercise believed to be preparation for an unforeseen change in power January 15, 2007 ¤Ñ Several security organs directly in charge of the safety of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il, conducted an emergency drill in Pyongyang on Friday, intelligence sources from South Korea and the United States said. Military troops and tanks from the Pyongyang Defense Command were deployed rapidly while increased military communications were noted that day. In addition, the Escort Bureau, in charge of protecting Mr. Kim, also had a busy day, the sources said. The incident sparked a flurry of...

/begin my translation Pyongyang Defense Command Did Command Post Maneuver Exercise N. Korea's Pyongyang Defense Command performed Command Post Maneuver Exercise (CPMX) A (S. Korean) government source said on Jan. 15, "We spotted that N. Korea's Pyongyang Defense Command did CPMX on Jan. 12. However, no real military hardware was involved." He went on, "There was no abrupt surge of communication volume among N. Korea military due to this exercise. We spotted some tanks, but we cannot determine whether they were actually involved in the exercise." According to him, CPMX is the exercise on the map without using actual hardware...