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North Korea orders new artillery firings

Summary by The Manila Times

SEOUL: North Korea's military said on Tuesday it had ordered frontline units to fire artillery into the sea for the second straight day in a tit-for-tat response to South Korean live-fire drills in an inland border region.The statement from the North Korean People's Army's General Staff came a day after Pyongyang fired about 130 artillery rounds into waters near its western and eastern sea boundaries with South Korea in the latest military actio…

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North Korea Fires Artillery Again Over South Korea's Drills

SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea on Tuesday fired a barrage of artillery rounds into waters near rival South Korea for the second consecutive day in a tit-for-tat for ongoing U.S.–South Korea live-fire drills in an inland border region. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected North Korea firing around 90 artillery rounds from the eastern coastal town of Kosong around 10 a.m. and another 10 rounds from the nearby town of Kumkang around…

1 year ago·New York, United States

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