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Chinese navy to hold drills in Yellow Sea (AP)

August 29th, 2010

AP - China said Sunday its navy will stage live-ammunition drills in the Yellow Sea this week, after it condemned U.S.-South Korean joint naval exercises in the region and vowed…

SKorea begins naval drills despite NKorean warning (AP)

August 4th, 2010

South Korean Navy speedboats are seen at Daechung Island near the disputed sea border with North Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010.  North Korea's military threatened 'strong physical retaliation' against planned South Korean naval drills near their disputed sea border and warned civilian ships should stay away from the area. (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Seo Myung-gon) **KOREA OUT**AP - South Korea began naval drills off its west coast Thursday to strengthen its ability to counter any North Korean provocations despite Pyongyang’s latest threat to retaliate against Seoul…

US: Drills sent ‘clear message’ to NKorea (AP)

July 28th, 2010

South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally against South Korea's joint military exercises with the United States near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. North Korea renewed its long-standing demand Wednesday that Washington abandon its 'hostile policy' toward Pyongyang as the U.S. and South Korea held a fourth day of joint military drills. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - For four days, U.S. and South Korean troops fired artillery into the skies and dropped anti-submarine bombs on underwater targets — dramatic exercises meant to warn North Korea…

Koreas mark truce, but drills underscore tensions (AP)

July 27th, 2010

A North Korean soldier takes picture of the southern side of the cross-border village of Panmunjom Tuesday, July 27, 2010. On Tuesday, both Koreas and the U.S. marked the 57th anniversary of the signing of the armistice against the backdrop of the military drills. (AP Photo/Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)AP - On the 57th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War, U.S. and South Korean ships intensified high-profile military exercises Tuesday that underscore rising tensions in a…

US, SKorean troops drop anti-sub bombs in drills (AP)

July 27th, 2010

In this photo released by Korean Navy, South Korean and U.S. warships participate in joint military drills in South Korea's East Sea on Tuesday, July 27, 2010.  U.S. and South Korean naval ships fired artillery and dropped anti-submarine bombs off South Korea's east coast Tuesday, the third day of high-profile military maneuvers intended to warn North Korea against any aggression. (AP Photo/Korean Navy via Yonhap)  ** KOREA OUT **AP - U.S. and South Korean naval ships fired artillery and dropped anti-submarine bombs off South Korea’s east coast Tuesday, the third day of high-profile military maneuvers intended to warn…

US shows its power to NKorea with carrier drills (AP)

July 27th, 2010

In this Monday, July 26, 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Navy and South Korea ships transit the East Sea Monday, July 26, 2010 in a 13-ship formation led by the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Tuscon (SSN 770).  South Korea and the United States are conducting joint exercises in the seas east of the Korean peninsula from July 25-28, 2010. (AP Photo/Navy Visual News Service, PO 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas)AP - The East Sea off the coast of the Korean peninsula roiled with U.S. and South Korean ships, submarines, fighter jets and helicopters — high-profile military maneuvers intended to…

US holds drills off Korea as Pyongyang talks war (AP)

July 25th, 2010

A U.S. Navy helicopter flies over the Nimitz-class USS George Washington for joint military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea, at the Busan port in Busan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 25, 2010. The massive nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier began maneuvers Sunday with ally South Korea in a potent show of force that North Korea has threatened could lead to 'sacred war.' (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - Fighter jets buzzed the skies and submarines cruised underwater Sunday as a flotilla of U.S. and South Korean warships led by a nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier began exercises that…

US aircraft carrier leads drills with South Korea (AP)

July 25th, 2010

A U.S. Navy helicopter flies over the Nimitz-class USS George Washington for joint military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea, at the Busan port in Busan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 25, 2010. The massive nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier began maneuvers Sunday with ally South Korea in a potent show of force that North Korea has threatened could lead to 'sacred war.' (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - A nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier led an armada of warships in exercises off the Korean peninsula on Sunday that North Korea has vowed to physically block and says could…

NKorea vows nuclear response to US-SKorea drills (AP)

July 24th, 2010

In a Thursday, July 22, 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Navy,  Lt. Cmdr. Severn Stephensto looks at the Republic of Korea corvette (ROKS) Cheonan at Pyeongtaek naval base. The ship sank March 26 near Baengnyeong Island. The Republic of Korea and the United States are scheduled to conduct the combined alliance maritime and air readiness exercise 'Invincible Spirit' in the seas east of the Korean peninsula from July 25-28, 2010. North Korea on Friday, July 23, 2010 threatened the United States and South Korea with a 'physical response' to planned weekend naval exercises as tensions with the communist nation rose in the aftermath of the sinking of the South Korean warship blamed on the North.  (AP Photo/Navy Visual News Service)AP - North Korea warned Saturday that joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises poised to begin this weekend amount to a military provocation that will draw a “powerful” nuclear…

NKorea threatens ‘nuclear deterrence’ over drills (AP)

July 23rd, 2010

In a Thursday, July 22, 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Navy,  Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington look at damage to the Republic of Korea corvette (ROKS) Cheonan (PCC-772) at Pyeongtaek naval base The ship sank March 26 near Baengnyeong Island. The Republic of Korea and the United States are scheduled to conduct the combined alliance maritime and air readiness exercise 'Invincible Spirit' in the seas east of the Korean peninsula from July 25-28, 2010. North Korea on Friday, July 23, 2010 threatened the United States and South Korea with a 'physical response' to planned weekend naval exercises as tensions with the communist nation rose in the aftermath of the sinking of the South Korean warship blamed on the North.  (AP Photo/Navy Visual News Service)AP - North Korea inflamed tensions over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship by threatening the United States and South Korea on Saturday with “nuclear deterrence” if they…