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SKorea to conduct firing drills from border island

The Columbian
Published: December 20, 2010, 12:00am

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it will conduct firing drills Monday from a border island shelled by a North Korean artillery barrage last month.

A Joint Chiefs of Staff officer says that marines will conduct the one-day artillery drills on Yeonpyeong Island.

The officer says the exact timing will be determined by weather conditions.

He says South Korea will sternly deal with any possible provocation by North Korea. He spoke on condition of anonymity citing department rules.

The North has warned of a “catastrophe” if South Korea goes ahead with the drills.

The North has said it would strike back harder than it did last month, when two South Korean marines and two civilians were killed on the island.

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