N. Korea citizens appear calm despite military drills

N. Korea citizens appear calm despite military drills

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Schoolchildren take part in snowball fights in a park by the Pothong River in snow-covered central Pyongyang on Dec. 8, 2010. North Korean citizens appeared calm even though the United States, South Korea and Japan are conducting military exercises in response to the North's deadly shelling of a South Korean island in late November.

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