Saturday 20 February 2016

North Korea fired at Border, South Korea's Request Residents Evacuated

                                              South Korean soldiers patrol near the border

SEOUL - North Korea's military (North) Korea shelled the border area with artillery shells, today (02/20/2016). Government of South Korea (ROK) asked its citizens in the border areas to evacuate to shelters.
 
South Korea suspect the shot was part of military exercises Pyongyang regime. The two Koreas are still arguing after North Korea under the leadership of Kim Jong-un tested a nuclear weapon type of the hydrogen bomb and long-range rocket launch.
 
The shooting incident in the border region was also later a few days after South Korea announced it would conduct joint military exercises with the United States (US) next month.
 
"Army of North Korea fired several artillery shells at around 07:20 of artillery batteries in Jangsangot headland on the south coast near the disputed sea border between the two Koreas," South Korean Defense Ministry said in a statement.
 
"North Korea is believed to have been conducting military exercises in the northern border," the statement continued.
 
As a precaution, South Korea told AFP, asking its citizens on the island Baengnyeongdo to prepare to evacuate the shelter and fishing vessels at sea to get to the nearest port.
 
However, according to the ministry North Korean soldiers did not show signs of engaging in any further provocative activities.
 
In 2010, North Korea shelled the island of Yeonpyeong near Baengnyeongdo Island, which killed four people. The action was in response to South Korean military exercises conducted near the disputed sea border.

Saturday , 20 Februari 2016 

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