Pyongyang says South Korea's army fired more than 10 warning shots from a machinegun towards North Korean troops. North Korea accused South Korean forces of firing warning shots earlier this week at its soldiers engaged in a border reinforcement project and warned Seoul that such actions risked raising tensions to uncontrollable levels. KCNA quoted Vice Chief of the General Staff Ko Jong Chol urging the South to stop premeditated, deliberate provocations described as inciting military conflict. The incident occurred Tuesday as North Korean soldiers worked to permanently seal the heavily fortified border. South Korea offered no immediate confirmation.
Calling the incident a serious provocation, Ko said the South Korean military fired more than 10 warning shots towards North Korean troops. This is a very serious prelude that would inevitably drive the situation in the southern border area, where a huge number of forces are stationing, in confrontation with each other, to the uncontrollable phase, Ko said.
The reported firing of warning shots is only the latest confrontation between North and South Korean forces, which have been at odds for decades over the heavily guarded border that divides both nations. The last border clash between the archrivals was in early April when South Korea's military fired warning shots after a group of 10 North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border.
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