South Korea vowed Wednesday to «punish the enemy» if the North attacks it again as hundreds of southern troops, fighter jets, tanks and attack helicopters prepared for massive military exercises scheduled because of the high tensions. The firing drills Thursday near the Koreas' land border will be the biggest-ever wintertime joint firing exercise that South Korea's army and air force have staged, an army statement was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. South Korea has conducted 47 drills of this type this year but decided to conduct one more after North Korea's shelled Yeonpyeong Island off the western coast.
