US EditionNorth Korea accuses South of ‘serious provocation’ over border warning shots
South Korea fired over 10 warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the Military Demarcation Line amid ongoing border fortification and joint military drills, escalating tensions.
- On Tuesday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said they fired warning shots after some North Korean soldiers crossed the Military Demarcation Line, with the soldiers moving back north without returning fire.
- Pyongyang said the shots came as North Korean soldiers were conducting a barrier project to permanently seal the frontier, coinciding with the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises involving United States forces in South Korea.
- ROK forces first broadcast warning broadcasts and then fired more than 10 shots with a 12.7 mm large-caliber machine gun in a designated warning-shot area near the MDL.
- Pyongyang denounced the action and threatened retaliation, with Ko Jong Chol warning, `This is a very serious prelude that would inevitably drive the situation in the southern border area, where a huge number of forces are stationed in confrontation with each other, to the uncontrollable phase`.
- Since last year, North Korea has fortified its border by building barriers and destroying inter-Korean roads, while Lee Jae Myung, South Korea's new leader, pledges dialogue despite Pyongyang's dismissal of talks and condemnation of US–South Korea joint exercises.
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