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Army soldiers of North Korea, left, and South Korea, foreground, stand guard at each side at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. -- PHOTO: AP





North Korean soldiers patrol a river on a military vessel near the North Korean border. -- PHOTO: REUTERS





South Korean artillery soldiers take positions during an exercise against possible North Korean attacks, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, near the DMZ between the two Koreas. South Korea resumed propaganda broadcasts into North Korea in response to a deadly torpedo attack that sank a South Korean warship, officials said on Tuesday, amid a report that North Korea's leader ordered troops to be ready for combat. -- PHOTO: AP