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North Korea bans flights, sailing off coasts, indicating possible drills

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(Reuters) – North Korea has set no-fly and no-sail zones off its east and west coasts that indicates it will conduct major military drills, but test firing of short-to-medium-range missiles cannot be ruled out, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said on Wednesday.

“The North’s military … is preparing large-scale combined military exercises so it may have blocked off the areas for nautical firing or fighter jet firing exercises,” Yonhap quoted a South Korean government source as saying.

Full story: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/06/us-korea-north-drills-idUSBRE9250GV20130306″>North Korea bans flights, sailing off coasts, indicating possible drills