The South Korea’s military confirmed it found four bullets lodged on the outer wall of a guard post and that its forces fired 10 warning shots towards North Korea. Messages of warning was broadcast to North Korea which said that it violated the inter-Korean military agreement of 2018 under which the two countries agreed to halt all hostile activities at the border.
South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said it sent a message to its North Korean counterpart via a hotline to find out more about the situation and to prevent further escalations. So far, North Korea has not offered an explanation.
Speaking to the Guardian on condition of anonymity, a South Korean military official said the shots from North Korea do not seem to have been intentional.
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