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S. Korean military beefs up border vigilance against N. Korea 2011-10-12 21:45 South Korea's military has stepped up its combat readiness after detecting unusual military movement by North Korea's armed forces along the tense western sea border, Seoul officials said Wednesday. Seoul recently discovered that the North's military had relocated a ground-to-air missile to north of the South's northernmost island of Baengnyeong. In addition, Pyongyang has moved the missile's movable launching pad to a missile base near the western sea border, a senior government official said, requesting anonymity. South Korean soldiers take part in a military drill on the beach...

North practices to seize 5 border islands: Report Radio Free Asia, citing anonymous source in China, says drills ongoing December 31, 2010 North Korea has been training its special forces for a surprise attack on South Korea’s western border islands, going so far as to simulate a takeover of them, according to Radio Free Asia yesterday. “From mid-December, divisions within North Korea’s navy, like the sharpshooting brigade and reconnaissance bureau, have been involved in landing drills in the waters off the coast of Nampo,” RFA said, citing a source in China well-informed about North Korea. Nampo is a North Korean...