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13 Jan, 2016

Fires warning shots at NK drone

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South Korea fires warning shots at a North Korean drone that flew several hundred yards south of the border between the two countries. The drone turned back into North Korea and was not hit by the warning shots.

20 Aug, 2015

Border artillery exchange

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epa04889833 (FILE) A file picture dated 02 June 2015 shows South Korean K-9 self-propelled howitzers firing artillery shells during a military drill in Goseong, South Korea's east coast. According to media reports on 20 August 2015, North Korea fired a shell at a South Korean front-line military unit. The South Korean military's radar system detected North Korea firing a shell at a South Korean front-line military unit in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, northwest of Seoul, at 3:52 p.m., the South Korean Ministry of National Defense said. In response, South Korea fired back dozens of 155-millimeter shells at the point where the North Korean shell was fired from. EPA/YONHAP SOUTH KOREA OUT -- BEST QUALITY AVAILABLENorth and South Korea exchange artillery fire across their mutual border. After North Korean soldiers fire several shots at a military loudspeaker that speaks in high voice against Pyongyang, South Korean troops return ‘dozens of shells” to the suspected source. No casualties are reported.  North Korea later warns Seoul in a letter that it will take military action if the South did not stop the loudspeaker broadcasts within 48 hours. In a separate letter, Pyongyang says it is willing to offer an opening to resolve the conflict even though it considers the broadcasts a declaration of war.