South Korea's top military officer warned Monday about a possible North Korean provocation with the Summer Universiade just around the corner.
  

"Given North Korea's decision not to join the event, there could be the possibility of North Korea's terror attempts before or after the event as well as provocations near the front line or at the sea, designed to interrupt it," Adm. Choi Yun-hee, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a visit to the host city of Gwangju.
  

"The military is beefing up its overall readiness posture," he added.
  

Choi also ordered the military to maintain water-tight security and anti-terrorism efforts jointly with the government and the police, according to the Ministry of National Defense.
  

The city, located some 330 kilometers south of Seoul, is set to kick off the 12-day summer sports competition Friday.
  

Reversing its plan to send 75 athletes and 33 officials to the Universiade, North Korea boycotted the South Korea-hosted sports event a week earlier in protest against Seoul's opening of a U.N. field office on North Korea's human rights violations. (Yonhap)