North Korea accuses South of ‘serious provocation’ over border warning shots
North Korea condemned South Korea's firing of over 10 warning shots during a border barrier project amid joint US-South Korea military drills, escalating inter-Korean tensions.
- North Korea accused South Korea's military of firing warning shots at its troops near their heavily fortified border, saying it risked raising tensions to "uncontrollable" levels.
- Pyongyang considers the loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts an act of war and has threatened to blow them up in the past.
- North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un called earlier this week for the "rapid expansion" of the North's nuclear weapons capability, citing the ongoing US-South Korean military exercises that he claimed could "ignite a war".
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North Korea Accuses South of ‘Serious Provocation’ over Border Warning Shots
North Korea accused South Korea of a “serious provocation” Saturday after South Korean troops fired warning shots at North Korean soldiers setting up barriers along their tense border. Ko Jong Chol, vice chief of the North Korean People’s Army’s General Staff, noted that Tuesday’s warning shots coincided with the South Korea-US summertime military drills and accused Seoul of deliberately trying to raise tensions.
North Korea Says South Fired Warning Shots at Its Soldiers
North Korea accused South Korea of a “dangerous provocation” during a recent incident at the border of the two countries, adding to tensions as Pyongyang chafes at the annual joint US-South Korean military drills that are underway.
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