29 locations across the country, including yeonpyeong island. the south korean military says it plans to stay on the highest alert for the time being. south korea and the united states began a four-day military drill in the yellow sea following the exchange of fire on november 23rd. on wednesday, the final day of the drill, the two nations will carry out exercises to protect the u.s. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier george washington from enemy attacks and to deliver supplies to combat areas. conventional forces provocative actions by those forces. a weekend poll by south korea s kbs television shows that more than 70% of those surveyed want much stronger responses to any future provocations by north korea. nations concerned with north korea are carrying out diplomatic moves following china s proposal of an emergency meeting of chief delegates to the six-party talks. japan s top negotiator to the six-party talks met china s special envoy on korean peninsula issues o