Reply #45: (URGENT) S. Korea begins live-fire artillery drills from island near N. Korea (END)

[nadinbrzezinski]

Source: YonhapNews\ English

(URGENT) S. Korea begins live-fire artillery drills from island near N. Korea

(END)

And now from BBC

South Korea begins exercises near border with North

North Korea has condemned the plans to hold new exercises on Yeonpyeong island


The South Korean military has begun live-firing exercises on an island close to the border with North Korea, its defence ministry says.

The move comes despite repeated threats of retaliation from Pyongyang.

Four people were killed when the North shelled the island during an earlier drill last month.

The UN Security Council has been discussing the situation in New York, but has failed to reach any agreement.

Speaking to reporters after more than eight hours of discussions, Russian ambassador Vitaly Churkin called on South Korea to cancel its plans.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12033330

Read more: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/12/20/21/0301000000AEN20101220001700315F.HTML

---

This is breaking, I expect CNN and the rest to catch up, expected to last up to two hours, through Twitter.

More as it develops...

To Admins... this is BREAKING and that's it's from the link.