71.   This is the second time in a fortnight the Taiwanese authorities are calling off scheduled military drills.

72.   TVBS said China was also deploying war planes and other weapons, probably short-range missiles, for the combined military drill.

73.   With inter-Korean relations frozen for a year, South Korea has stepped up military drills, citing the danger of North Korean provocation and triggering bitter protests from Pyongyang.

74.   With inter-Korean relations frozen for a year, South Korea has stepped up military drills, citing the danger of North Korean provocations driven by its current food crisis.

75.   It conducted three weeks of military drills in March in a failed bid to scare voters away from Lee.

76.   It later retaliated by conducting two rounds of missile tests and a large scale military drill near Taiwan between late July and November.

77.   It has since suspended high-level talks with Taiwan and conducted two rounds of missile tests and a large-scale military drill near the island between July and November.

78.   Japan and the United States began two-week joint military drills Monday, including exercises in the Sea of Japan, amid growing tensions on the Korean peninsula.

79.   Lee turned to the analysis of a history professor at the Academia Sinica regarding the recent Chinese military drills.

80.   Meanwhile, a Taiwanese official told AFP that Taiwan had stepped up military drills and patrols, including air and sea operations in international waters and airspace.