South Korea Fires Warning Shots After North Korean Soldiers Briefly Cross Border
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Tensions between North Korea and South Korea -- which remain technically at war since the 1950-1953 conflict ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty -- are at one of their lowest points in years.
Seoul's military said Tuesday it had fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border this week, with tensions high over Pyongyang's trash-carrying balloons and Seoul's loudspeaker propaganda campaigns.
"Some North Korean soldiers working within the DMZ on the central front briefly crossed the Military Demarcation Line," the JCS said in a statement, referring to the line of control in the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas.
"After our military issued warning broadcasts and warning shots, they retreated northward," it said, adding the incident happened June 9.
