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South Korea fires shells in retaliation of suspected N.K. artillery attack
By KH디지털2Published : Aug. 20, 2015 - 17:38
South Korea on Thursday fired dozens of shells toward North Korea in response to the North's apparent artillery attack on the South’s propaganda loudspeakers in the western border, the Defense Ministry said.
The exchanges further raised military tensions between the two Koreas which have flared in the wake of the North’s Aug. 4 land mine attack.
“At around 3:52 p.m., we detected what is presumed to be a trajectory of North Korea’s rocket. We are still analyzing it and there is no damage to our loudspeakers,” Seoul’s Defense Ministry said in a press release.
The exchanges further raised military tensions between the two Koreas which have flared in the wake of the North’s Aug. 4 land mine attack.
“At around 3:52 p.m., we detected what is presumed to be a trajectory of North Korea’s rocket. We are still analyzing it and there is no damage to our loudspeakers,” Seoul’s Defense Ministry said in a press release.
After the land mine incident that injured two South Korean troops, Seoul authorities resumed propaganda broadcasts through loudspeakers near the tense inter-Korean border. The communist state has denied responsibility and warned of “military action” against South Korean broadcasts.
The spike in tensions came as the two sides struggled to find momentum to reconcile as they mark the 70th anniversary of their liberation from Japan’s colonial rule.
By Song Sang-ho (sshluck@heraldcorp.com)
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