South Korean joint military exercises and US Marines (30 photos)

US and South Korean marines conducted joint exercises Landing in Pohang. Despite the fact that South Korea is theoretically at war with North Korea since the 1953 (the Korean War for them is still not finished), the tension in the region is growing again, and of particular concern plans for Kim Jong-un launch "satellite" between 12 and 16 April.

Amphibious vehicle AAV-July 31 th Expeditionary Unit Marine Corps deployed from Okinawa, Japan, went ashore in Pohang, March 29 2012. (Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images)



US Marines ashore in Pohang. (Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images)



3. The exercises include maneuvers of naval and land forces (Key Resolve) and Air Force (Foal Eagle). (Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images)



National Defense Commission of the DPRK called the exercises "unspoken declaration of war." (Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images)





US Marines ashore under cover of AAV-7





US Marines landed on the beach in Pohang.





Amphibious vehicle AAV-7 coming to shore.







In case US troops in South Korea and invade the territory of North Korea, Kim Jong-un ordered his units to be ready for "retaliation". (Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images)







Amphibious vehicle AAV-7 coming to the shore. These machines are used by US troops during the invasion of Grenada and Iraq. (Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images)





Halt after landing in Pohang.





North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Monday that the situation in the Korean Peninsula "is already out of control." Agency demanded that South Korea and the United States "take into account the disastrous consequences of their foolish military provocations».





KCNA stressed that the "war on the Korean peninsula will affect not only the peninsula, but all over the world, and stability in the region as a whole."

















1950-1953 Korean War ended with the signing of the armistice agreement and formally not over yet. US troops who fought in Korea under the UN flag, refuse to sign a peace treaty with North Korea and recognize it officially, keeping to the south of the Korean Peninsula about 28 thousand soldiers. (Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images)



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