US and South Korean troops have staged a simulated attack on North Korean beach defences, as they launch eight weeks of joint military exercises on the Korean peninsula... The exercises are taking place near Pohang, a city on South Korea’s east coast...(The Independent, 3.12) 

Yesterday(3.12) afternoon(KST) in Pohang: about 1000 activists, mainly KCTU members, protestet against the war games...