South Korea's military said Monday it had spotted around 130 artillery shells fired off North Korea's east and west coasts, in violation of a 2018 inter-Korean deal to narrow the border. tensions.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the shots were fired around 2:59 p.m. from the areas of northern Kangwon Province and southern Hwanghae Province to the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea respectively, all of which fell within the Maritime Buffer Zone between the two Koreas.
19-Military deal and immediate cessation of 'provocation' in response to North Korean artillery fire off east and west coasts," the JCS said, urging Pyongyang to stop that fire immediately. Korea The North said on Monday that there were more than shot 130 projectiles as South Korea fired dozens of projectiles believed to be multiple rocket launcher projectiles, according to the Korean Central News Agency.
Projectiles as a "hit around eye" warning, according to KCNA. I will always counter them with strong and overwhelming military action," the statement said.
North Korea's action came after South Korea, Japan and the United States all imposed additional sanctions on individuals and institutions linked to missile and nuclear weapons development in Pyongyang had imposed.
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