Gunfire on Korean border as Kim Jong Un's troops cross into the South
South Korean troops were forced to fire warning shots after a contingent of 20 North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border this week, Seoul's military said this morning in the latest escalation of tensions at the line.
The worrying incursion over the line that separates the two militaries took place in an overgrown area of the heavily fortified border area.
Relations between the two Koreas - technically still at war as the 1950-1953 conflict ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty - are at one of their lowest points in years.
The North has in recent weeks sent hundreds of balloons full of trash and faeces into the South, while Seoul has installed loudspeakers along the border to broadcast anti-Kim Jong Un propaganda in Cold War-style campaigns.
'Some North Korean soldiers working within the DMZ on the central front briefly crossed the Military Demarcation Line (MDL),' the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, referring to the line of control between the two Koreas.
South Korean troops were forced to fire warning shots after a contingent of 20 North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border this week, Seoul's military said this morning in the latest escalation of tensions at the line.
The worrying incursion over the line that separates the two militaries took place in an overgrown area of the heavily fortified border area.
Relations between the two Koreas - technically still at war as the 1950-1953 conflict ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty - are at one of their lowest points in years.
The North has in recent weeks sent hundreds of balloons full of trash and faeces into the South, while Seoul has installed loudspeakers along the border to broadcast anti-Kim Jong Un propaganda in Cold War-style campaigns.
'Some North Korean soldiers working within the DMZ on the central front briefly crossed the Military Demarcation Line (MDL),' the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, referring to the line of control between the two Koreas.
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Summary
Crossing of North Korean troops into South Korea, resulting in warning shots; escalation of tensions along the border; lowest point in years for relations between the two Koreas. The incident occurred in an overgrown area near the fortified border. Recent actions include North's sending of