North Korea fired around 100 artillery shells into a maritime “buffer zone” on Wednesday, the South Korean military announced.
The shot came just hours after Pyongyang launched several missiles, one of which landed on the high seas near South Korea’s territorial waters.
“North Korea fired about 100 artillery rounds from Kosong”, the North Korean town of Kangwon (south), towards the “buffer zone” north of the de facto demarcation line and maritime boundary between the two North Korean neighbors. Korean peninsula, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Seoul and Washington are currently conducting the largest joint air exercise in history, dubbed “Storm Watch,” involving hundreds of warplanes from both militaries.
North Korean Marshal and ruling Workers’ Party Secretary Pak Jong Chon said the drills were aggressive, according to official North Korean media.
“If the United States and South Korea attempt to use the armed forces against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea [nome oficial da Coreia do Norte]without fear, the special assets of the DPRK armed forces will carry out their strategic mission without delay,” Pak was quoted as saying by the North’s official KCNA news agency.
The North Korean marshal added: “The United States of America and South Korea will face a terrible case and pay the most horrible price in history.”
Technically, the two Koreas are still at war, as the 1950-53 conflict ended with the signing of an armistice rather than a peace treaty.
Source: TSF
