| Online: | |
| Visits: | |
| Stories: |
| Story Views | |
| Now: | |
| Last Hour: | |
| Last 24 Hours: | |
| Total: | |
Heads Up! North Korea Exchanges Fire With South Korea In An Escalation Of Tensions (Video)
20 Aug 15
In an escalation of the tense situation in the region North and South Korea exchanged fire over the border at each other. These two have a long history of conflict. Will it spill over to other nations?
South Korea says it exchanged fire with North Korea at border
(CNN)In an escalation of the tense situation in the region, North and South Korea exchanged fire over their heavily fortified border Thursday, the South Korean Defense Ministry said.
South Korea detected a projectile, assumed to be a small rocket, that was fired toward the western province of Gyeonggi, a Defense Ministry official told CNN.
The South Korean military responded by firing a few dozen shells at the area from which the North Korean projectile was fired, the official said.
The Pentagon is monitoring the escalating tension closely, Cmdr. William Urban, a Defense Department spokesman, told CNN’s Brian Todd.
And a U.S. official told CNN’s Barbara Starr that the U.S. believes that North Korea fired a shot at a South Korean loudspeaker, and South Korea responded with 36 artillery shells.
The U.S. believes North Korea deliberately placed mines in the path of a South Korean patrol in the demilitarized zone between the two countries, sparking the exchanges, the official said.
Tensions spiked on the Korean Peninsula after two South Korean soldiers were seriously wounded by landmines on August 4 in the demilitarized zone.
South Korea also has accused the North of planting the mines, an allegation that Pyongyang denies.
Seoul vowed a “harsh” response to the landmines and resumed blaring propaganda messages over the border from huge loudspeakers.
The move infuriated North Korea, which called the broadcasting “a direct action of declaring a war.” Over the weekend, it threatened to blow up the South Korean speakers and also warned of “indiscriminate strikes.” Read More
#war #korea
This entire article is full of disinfo and lies.Why didn’t you write about the true reason of N.Korea’s action?
“The war of words between the rival Koreas has begun to escalate since the mine blast with Pyongyang threatening to carry out “indiscriminate attacks” against South Korea if it fails to halt the four-day military exercise, which the North considers as rehearsal for an actual invasion.
The computer-simulated annual drill, known as Ulchi Freedom Guardian, is the biggest of its kind involving more than 80,000 South Korean and American troops. The US Combined Forces Command has denounced the latest threats from Pyongyang saying the manoeuvres are “routine and defence-oriented”.
Once again,the US sticky fingers involved…
MooCow treats people better than North Fat Boy.
Eat More GMO