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19 March 2024

S.Korea to hold largest ever live-fire drill

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By Reuters

The South Korean army said it  will hold its largest-ever live-fire drill near the military  border with the North on Thursday in a show of force in the  wake of Pyongyang's attack on one of its islands last month. 

The drill, involving artillery, fighter jets and the  largest number of personnel in a peace-time exercise, comes  after the South's live-fire artillery exercise on Monday on  the island near the tensely guarded sea border and is likely  to infuriate Pyongyang. 

It will take place on the South Korean mainland. 

Tension on the peninsula had begun to ease on Wednesday  after suggestions the North might admit U.N. nuclear monitors  and South Korea's finance minister said the local economy was  weathering the standoff.