SKOREA-NKOREA-MILITARY

This photo taken on June 18, 2009 in Yeoncheon, 60 km northeast of Seoul shows South Korean K9 Thunder 155mm self-propelled Howitzers firing during a military exercise. On December 20, 2010 South Korea held a live-fire military drill on a border island and scrambled fighter jets despite North Korean threats of deadly retaliation, as UN diplomacy on the crisis broke down. REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT NO ARCHIVES NO INTERNET AFP PHOTO/YONHAP