Reuters, 27/05 15:54 CET
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea threatened
retaliation on Friday after South Korea fired what it said were warning
shots when a patrol boat and fishing boat from the North crossed the
disputed sea border off the west coast of the Korean peninsula.
The two vessels from the North retreated about eight
minutes after the South Korean navy fired five 40 mm artillery shots at
around 7:30 a.m. local time, South Korean officials told Reuters.
The North Korean boats had crossed the Northern Limit
Line, a border that the North disputes, near the South Korean border
island of Yeonpyeong, according to the South Korean military.
North Korea accused the South Korean navy of intruding
into its waters and said the South fired at its ships in a “grave
provocative act,” the Supreme Command of the North’s Korean People’s
Army was quoted as saying by the official KCNA news agency late on Friday.
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Source: euronews.
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