Members of the Special Warfare Command take part in an annual severe winter season drill, to improve their combat abilities in cold weather, in Pyeongchang, about 180 km (113 miles) east of Seoul, January 19, 2009. South Korea on Monday dismissed as largely a repeat of past rhetoric the communist North's latest threat to wipe out the government in Seoul, which came days before Barack Obama is sworn in as the new U.S. president. [Xinhua/Reuters] |