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South Korea ordered its military on alert but urged people to stay calm following Monday’s shock announcement of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“President Lee (Myung-Bak) urged the public to go about their usual economic activities without turbulence,” a senior presidential official told a televised news conference. <\/p>\n

Lee had a phone conversation with US President Barack Obama about two hours after Kim’s death was announced by the North’s state media at noon (0300 GMT). <\/strong><\/p>\n

“The two leaders agreed to closely cooperate and monitor the situation together,” a presidential spokesman said.<\/p>\n

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that in addition to the military alert, border air surveillance was increased.<\/p>\n

Seoul also asked its US ally, which stations 28,500 troops in the South, to step up surveillance by planes and satellites, a JCS spokesman said.<\/p>\n

Lee ordered all government officials on emergency response status, meaning they are restricted from taking leave or travelling.<\/p>\n

The North’s state media reported earlier Monday that the 69-year-old Kim died of a heart attack Saturday while on board a train during one of his field trips.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

North and South Korea have remained technically at war since their three-year Korean conflict ended only in an armistice in 1953.<\/p>\n

Relations have been especially tense since the South accused the North of sinking a warship in March 2010 with the loss of 46 lives.<\/p>\n

US troops have been based in the South since 1953 to bolster the South’s military, which currently numbers 650,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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