The military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the Military Demarcation Line near the border, according to the country’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
Some 20 to 30 soldiers breached the line by 20m inside the demilitarised zone yesterday and briefly moved back north after warning shots were fired by the South, according to a JCS official.
The JCS does not think the breach was intentional, the Yonhap news agency reported.
North Korean soldiers also suffered multiple casualties while working due to the explosion of landmines in the demilitarised zone, the JCS official told the press.
North Korea’s military has been conducting various activities along the frontline including deploying soldiers and planting landmines, the JCS official added.
Such activities appeared to be part of efforts to tighten border control and prevent North Koreans from defecting to the South, the official said. — Reuters
