“The North-Korean artillery on the front of the
Yellow Sea increased its alert level”, specified
this source speaking under cover about anonymity. “Combat
aircrafts which were under hangars were moved”,
Yonhap said, without specifying if weapons has been moved
near the border with South Korea.
In November, the North-Korean artillery fired on Yeonpyeong
island, near the disputed area of the maritime border
between the two countries, killing four people. It was
about the first bombardment of a civil zone since the
war of Korea (1950-53). The incident revived the possibility
of a new conflict in the Korean peninsula.
North Korea threatened of a more violent response if South
Korea carried out real firing military exercises in the
region but Seoul reaffirmed today that this exercises
would take place as envisaged Monday or Tuesday. According
to Yonhap, the armament North-Korean in the area includes
artillery guns systems with a range of 12 km, and 122m
rocket launcher with a range of 20 km.
