North Korea fired artillery shells at the sea border with South Korea on Tuesday, a day after Seoul began annual military exercises to better deal with North Korea’s provocations.
South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said the Pyongyang regime had fired about 100 projectiles on the west coast and 150 on the east coast, adding that the South Korean military had sent messages calling on North Korea to stop firing.
There were no reports of direct clashes, the same source clarified.
Seoul explained that the projectiles did not land in South Korean territorial waters, but fell within the maritime transition zones the two Koreas established under a 2018 agreement to reduce hostility at the border.
This is the second time North Korea has fired projectiles into border areas since last Friday, when it fired hundreds of projectiles in direct violation of the 2018 agreement.
South Korean armed forces have called on North Korea to end provocations that undermine peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, warned it to increase its preparedness and stop North Korean movements in coordination with the United States of America (US). follow.
In recent weeks, the Pyongyang regime has carried out a series of missile and artillery launches, which some experts say are an attempt to increase its influence in future negotiations.
Last Friday, North Korea tested a short-range ballistic missile off the east coast, along with artillery launches, after announcing that the missile tests were simulations of nuclear strikes on South Korean and US targets in response to “dangerous” military exercises with a US military. aircraft carrier.
On Monday, South Korean forces began 12-day field exercises to improve operational capabilities in response to various types of North Korean provocations, which include US forces.
Source: DN
