North Korea fired a volley of artillery shells into a neutral sea zone on Monday, the army said. seoulthe latest in a series of launches by a regime of kim jong un increasingly belligerent.
About 130 artillery shells were fired simultaneously at 2:59 pm (0559 GMT) from two separate sites, one on the east coast of North Korea and another on the coast Westthe Southern Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
The Seoul army said the barrage was a “clear violation” of 2018 agreement between North and South that established the buffer zone in an attempt to reduce tensions.
He said that none of the shells crossed the Northern Limit Linethe de facto maritime border between the two countries.
The army said it had issued “several warnings” about the broadside, without giving further details.
“Our armed forces are strengthening their emergency preparedness, while following and monitoring events in close cooperation between South Korea Y USA”, he added.
North Koreahowever, claimed that the download was a “an eye for an eye warning” against what he described as multiple artillery fire from the South.
A spokesman for the North Korean People’s Army General Staff said in a statement that the South had fired “dozens of projectiles allegedly multiple rocket launcher projectiles” on Monday.
The North Korean Army”will always take into account all provocative actions of the enemy and will respond with determined and overwhelming military action,” added the statement collected by the Korean Central News Agency.
The Seoul military did not mention any exercises, but local reports said the South Korean and US militaries were conducting firing exercises in the area.
security zones
At a summit in Pyongyang in 2018, the former South Korean president Moon Jae-in and the North Korean kim jong un They agreed to establish buffer zones along the land and sea borders in an attempt to reduce tensions.
But since the talks failed in 2019, Kim has doubled down on his banned weapons programs, and experts say he may now be testing South Korea by violating the buffer zone agreement.
Pyongyang has fired artillery in the buffer zone repeatedly in recent months.
It has also carried out an unprecedented series of missile launches in recent weeks, including its new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) last month, the most powerful test to date by this nuclear country.
Pyongyang, which is prohibited from conducting ballistic missile tests under repeated resolutions of the UN Security Councilhas claimed that its weapons tests are a legitimate response to moves by Washington to increase the protection it offers its allies Seoul and Tokyo.
Seoul and Washington officials and analysts say the launches may prepare for a seventh nuclear test.
(With information from AFP)
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