South Korea's Defence Ministry says that North Korea has fired artillery into the waters off its west coast.
A Defence Ministry official says the rounds were fired on Monday into the sea off the North's coast, but gave no further details, including how many shells were fired, and how close the firing was to the two Koreas' disputed sea border.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity citing department policy.
The firing came amid high tension over the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on North Korea in March, and recent military exercises by South Korea and the U.S.
AP
North Korea Seizes South Korean Boat Near Border
North Korea seized a South Korean squidding boat in waters near their eastern sea border, the South Korean Coast Guard said Sunday, straining already high tensions between the two Koreas.
The 41-ton boat was believed to have been detained after entering the North’s exclusive economic zone, where foreign fishing boats are banned, the coast guard said in a statement.
There was no immediate confirmation from North Korea that its forces had impounded the squidding vessel. But the North Korean government, angry over an ambitious South Korean naval exercise due to end Monday, had said it would respond with “strong physical retaliation” and had warned civilian vessels to stay clear of the maritime border between the two Koreas.
Four South Koreans and three Chinese crew members were aboard the squidding vessel, the Daeseung 55.
NYT
A Defence Ministry official says the rounds were fired on Monday into the sea off the North's coast, but gave no further details, including how many shells were fired, and how close the firing was to the two Koreas' disputed sea border.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity citing department policy.
The firing came amid high tension over the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on North Korea in March, and recent military exercises by South Korea and the U.S.
AP
North Korea Seizes South Korean Boat Near Border
North Korea seized a South Korean squidding boat in waters near their eastern sea border, the South Korean Coast Guard said Sunday, straining already high tensions between the two Koreas.
The 41-ton boat was believed to have been detained after entering the North’s exclusive economic zone, where foreign fishing boats are banned, the coast guard said in a statement.
There was no immediate confirmation from North Korea that its forces had impounded the squidding vessel. But the North Korean government, angry over an ambitious South Korean naval exercise due to end Monday, had said it would respond with “strong physical retaliation” and had warned civilian vessels to stay clear of the maritime border between the two Koreas.
Four South Koreans and three Chinese crew members were aboard the squidding vessel, the Daeseung 55.
NYT
