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North Korea conducted similar drills last year, with more
than 100 rounds landing south of border, prompting the South to
fire hundreds of rounds back.
The South's joint chief of staff said in a statement that North
Korea told Seoul that it would carry out the drills from May
13-15 north of the Northern Limit Line, the west coast maritime
border.
"If North Korea makes any provocation in our waters, we will
strongly respond to it," the statement said.
North Korea's military threatened last week to launch "targeted
strikes" against South Korea’s navy, accusing the South of
violating territorial waters.
North Korea, heavily sanctioned by the United Nations for its
missile and nuclear tests, is technically still at war with the
South after the 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace
treaty.
(Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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