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Section: General News - South Korea's army and air force are preparing to hold their largest-ever live-fire exercise on Thursday near the inter-Korean border, as Seoul remains on high alert for any attacks by North Korea.
A South Korean officer says the drill at the Pocheon firing range, 20 kilometers south of the border, is a response to North Korea's deadly shelling of South Korea's Yeonpyeong island last month. South Korean General Ju Eun-shik says Seoul will "completely punish" the North if it retaliates militarily for the drill.
In Washington, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says the military exercise planned by U.S. ally South Korea has been well publicized …