North Korea violated a 2018 inter-Korean agreement that was meant to reduce tensions by firing 130 artillery rounds into the sea off its east and west coasts on Monday morning, according to the South Korean military.
North Korea reportedly took over military exercises led by the south.
Verbal communications of warnings have been sent to the North Korean side, according to a statement by South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Leader Kim Jong-un’s latest show of military might saw shells land in a buffer zone near the maritime border, according to a report.
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Rockets pass in front of the grandstand with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other high-ranking officials during a military parade to mark the 105th birth anniversary of North Korea’s founding father Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, April 15, 2017 .
(Reuters/Sue Lin Wong)
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In mid-November, the hermit kingdom launched a ballistic missile that crashed into waters east of the Korean peninsula.
South Korea is no stranger to this kind of behavior from 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, Feb. 28, 2022.
(Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
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Even more recently, South Korea was forced to scramble jets without warning after several Chinese (and six Russian) warplanes were found entering its Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ).
Reuters contributed to this report
