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1 of 4. North Korean soldiers attend military drills in this picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang March 20, 2013. KCNA said this picture was taken on March 20, 2013.

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SEOUL | Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:55pm EDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea issued an air raid warning on Thursday, South Korea's Unification Ministry said quoting a radio broadcast monitored in Seoul. A news report said the warning appeared to be part of a defense drill.

The warning was issued at 0032 GMT and carried a message to military units to stand ready, but the action appeared to be a drill under an air raid scenario, Yonhap news agency said.

An official at the Unification Ministry, which handles ties with the North and monitors North Korea's news broadcasts, confirmed air raid warning on Thursday morning.

The official could not confirm whether the warning was part of a drill. The two Koreas remain technically at war under a truce that ended their 1950-53 conflict. Tensions have been high with the rivals exchanging verbal barbs.

North Korea has been conducting large-scale military drills coinciding with annual exercises by the South Korean and U.S. forces running to the end of April. The allies have stressed the drills are strictly defensive in nature.

(Reporting by Jack Kim; Editing by David Chance)
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Comments (3)
Little_China wrote:
Gee, I wonder where three of our nuclear-powered submarines have gotten of to?

Mar 20, 2013 10:19pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
johnathandoe wrote:
If that picture at the top of the article is all we have to worry about, i’m cool with it.

Mar 20, 2013 10:48pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
philhudson2009 wrote:
They seem quite well prepared against anyone dropping on them out of trees.

Mar 21, 2013 4:52am EDT  --  Report as abuse
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