According to the South Korean military, North Korea violated a 2018 inter-Korean agreement intended to de-escalate tensions by firing 130 artillery shells into the sea off its east and west coasts on Monday morning.
North Korea allegedly detected military exercises conducted by the South.
Verbal warning communications were sent to the North Korean side, according to a statement from the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.
According to a report, leader Kim Jong-un’s latest show of military might saw shells rain down on a buffer zone near the maritime border.
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Missiles walk past the dais with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other top officials during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of North Korea’s founding father Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang on April 15, 2017.
(Reuters/Sue-Lin Wong)
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In mid-November, the hermit kingdom fired a ballistic missile that landed in waters east of the Korean peninsula.
South Korea is no stranger to this type of behavior by hostile actors.
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, on February 28, 2022.
(Korea Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
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Even more recently, South Korea was forced to send in planes without warning after several Chinese (and six Russian) fighter jets were found entering its air defense identification zone (KADIZ).
Reuters contributed to this report
