The two Koreas remain technically at war because their 1950s conflict ended in a cease-fire, not a peace treaty.
The military tension over the past month has been the worst in more than a decade, and comes on the heels of the March sinking of a South Korean warship that Seoul blames on Pyongyang, but which North Korea denies attacking. Forty-six sailors died in that incident.
South Koreas navy also was conducting annual anti-submarine exercises off the east coast.
In Pocheon, about 800 local residents, including schoolchildren in bright yellow jackets, were invited to watch the drills.
We are facing a crisis because of North Korea, so I came to see this air and ground operation. I want to feel and see the level of South Koreas armed forces, said Kim Tae-dong, 70. Another North Korean provocation will happen. We should prepare our military perfectly for that.
Separately, President Lee Myung-bak visited a front-line army base near the Koreas eastern land border to review military readiness and boost troop morale, his office said.
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