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Share Print Font: +-SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said on Friday it
would strike again at the South if a live-firing drill planned by Seoul on a
disputed island went ahead, with an even stronger response than last month'
s shelling that killed four people.
North Korean official news agency KCNA said the "intensity and scope" of its
retaliation will be worse if the Seoul goes through with its announced one-
day live-fire drills sometime between Saturday and Tuesday on Yeonpyeong
Island.
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The North responded to similar South Korean drills on Nov. 23 by raining
artillery shells on the tiny fishing community near the Koreas' disputed sea
border.
The South has said the drills are part of "routine, justified" exercises.
Representatives of the U.N. Command that oversees the armistice that ended
the Korean War will observe the drills.
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North Korea's warning came after Seoul promised a more robust response to
any further attacks on its territory. The shelling of the island was the
first time since the Korean war that the North had attacked South Korean
territory.
China, the North's main backer, has said that Pyongyang had promised
restraint and the threat of a new attack by the North came as China told
visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg that the two big
powers should cooperate more in defusing tension on the Korean peninsula.
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North Korea said on Friday it would strike again at the South if a live-
firing drill planned by Seoul on a disputed island went ahead, with an even
stronger response than last month's shelling. Full story
China's top diplomat, Dai Bingguo, urged closer coordination over the Korean
peninsula during talks with Steinberg, the second most senior official in
the U.S. State Department, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported on
Friday.
Steinberg was in Beijing for three days up to Friday to press China to do
more to bring to heel its ally, North Korea, which last month sparked alarm
by shelling the island and disclosing advances in uranium enrichment which
could give it a new path to make nuclear weapons.
China has avoided publicly condemning its long-time ally over the deadly
shelling and nuclear moves, and instead pleaded with other powers to embrace
fresh talks with North Korea. | a****1
发帖数: 654 | 2 华网平壤12月17日电(记者高浩荣 赵展)朝韩将军级军事会谈朝方代表团团长17日向韩
国发出通知书，要求韩方立即取消在延坪岛海域举行海上实弹射击训练的计划。
朝鲜中央通讯社当天播发这一通知书说，如果韩国不顾朝鲜的事前警告，执意举行
视频：朝鲜警告韩国称将进行难以预测的反击
来源：CCTV新闻频道
实弹射击训练，朝鲜将为保卫自己神圣的领海而进行第二、第三次“难以预测的自卫
反击”，其反击强度和范围将比上次更强和更大。通知书要求韩国对朝鲜发出的警告进
行“深思熟虑”。
朝中社报道指出，韩国设定的射击区是朝鲜的领海，任何人都不得侵犯。韩国坚持
要在该海域进行实弹射击训练，是企图“挽回上次遭受惨败的脸面”，同时坚持其对抗
政策和非法的“北方界线”。
报道说，美国支持这一实弹射击训练计划，并将派遣打着“军事停战委员会”旗号
的美军参与这一训练，从而使韩国的挑衅行动“达到非常危险的程度”。
韩国军队联合参谋本部发言人李朋雨16日在记者会上说，韩国海军将在本月18日至
21日期间的某一天在延坪岛海域举行海上实弹射击训练。
朝韩在朝鲜半岛西部海域的边界划分上一直存在分歧。韩国和美国单方面设定了一
条“北方界线”，但是朝鲜一直未予承认。朝方于1999年设定的海上军事分界线比韩方
的“北方界线”更为靠南。
11月23日，朝鲜和韩国在“北方界线”附近发生相互炮击事件。韩国国防部新闻办
公室说，延坪岛遭到朝鲜海岸炮的炮击。朝鲜外交部发言人24日表示，“延坪岛是深入
朝鲜领海的岛屿，从地理特点来说，无论向哪个方向发射，炮弹都落在朝鲜的领海之内 | S***a
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