Reporting from Seoul — In a brash move that many fear will again provoke a testy , officials Wednesday announced the start of massive new land and sea live-fire drills, just a month after the North’s deadly artillery attack on a remote island. The exercises, which will run through Friday, involve troops, tanks, fighter jets and anti-aircraft guns — as well as six naval ships and Lynx anti-submarine helicopters — as the military remains on high alert for to retaliate for drills that Seoul held earlier this week. North Korea had vowed to strike with lethal force if the South…
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South Korea begins massive new military drills