South Korea fires near border

AFP :

North Korea on Saturday accused the South of firing warning shots at its troops near the border, saying it risked raising tensions to “uncontrollable” levels.

The confrontation happened on Tuesday as North Korean soldiers were working to permanently seal the heavily fortified border that divides the peninsula, state media outlet KCNA said, citing a statement by Army Lieutenant General Ko Jong Chol.

Calling the incident a “serious provocation”, Ko said that South Korea’s military used a machine gun to fire more than 10 warning shots towards the North’s troops.

“This is a very serious prelude that would inevitably drive the situation in the southern border area where a huge number of forces are stationing in confrontation with each other to the uncontrollable phase,” Ko said.
South Korea did not immediately confirm the encounter.

The last border clash between the arch-rivals was in early April when South Korea’s military fired warning shots after around 10 North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border.