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October 20, 2022

North Korea Fires Artillery Barrage into Sea Amid Joint U.S.-South Korea War Games
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North Korea's military has fired hundreds of artillery shells into
waters off the nation's west coast, in an action condemned by South
Korea as a violation of an agreement not to engage in provocative
actions near the two countries' shared border. This follows a series of
joint war games by the U.S., Japan and South Korea. On Wednesday, U.S.
and South Korean forces practiced a joint river-crossing drill south of
the capital of Seoul involving helicopter gunships, tanks, artillery and
other heavy weaponry. 


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