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March 9, 2009

N. Korea Condemns US-South Korean Military Exercise
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Tension on the Korean peninsula is intensifying as more than 50,000 US
and South Korean troops begin a twelve-day military exercise. North
Korea has responded by putting its armed forces on full combat
readiness. The exercise comes as the North Korean military prepares to
test-fire a new long-range missile. Earlier today, the North Korean army
said the drills were a “military provocation” that would only occur “on
the eve of a war.”



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