North Korea Accuses South of Provocation After Border Incident
North Korea claimed that South Korea committed a “serious provocation” on Saturday following an incident where warning shots were fired at North Korean soldiers near the inter-Korean border this week. The incident occurred as North Korean troops briefly crossed into South Korea, as confirmed by Seoul’s military.
Details of the Border Incident:
The Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea verified that warning shots were fired by their troops on Tuesday afternoon when North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the military demarcation line while setting up barriers in the central region of the border. The North Korean soldiers retreated to their territory following the shots, without any casualties or damage to equipment.
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South Korea asserted that its action was a standard defensive response, and North Korea did not return gunfire. No casualties or damage were reported.
Ko Jong Chol, the vice chief of the North Korean People’s Army’s General Staff, accused South Korea of intentionally trying to escalate tensions and highlighted that the shots were fired during summertime US-South Korean military drills.
Edited by: Louis Oelofse
