Originally posted by the Voice of America.
Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America,
a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in
the public domain.


                 Report: North Korea Shells South Korean Troops

   by VOA News

   North Korea has fired shells at South Korean troops along the
   countries' western border, according to a South Korean news report, in
   the latest flare up of cross-border violence.

   South Korean defense officials did not immediately confirm the Thursday
   report by the Yonhap news agency. It is not clear if there were any
   injuries or damage from the shelling.

   State-run KBS News quoted a South Korean military official as saying
   that the North Korean military opened fire at around 4 p.m. (0700 GMT)
   on the western front.

   Media reports did not say what weapons were used. South Korea had not
   fired back, Yonhap reported.

   North-South relations have been particularly strained after Seoul
   accused Pyongyang of planting landmines that exploded this month,
   wounding two South Korean soldiers.

   South Korea responded to the attack by restarting cross-border
   propaganda broadcasts via loudspeakers that had sat dormant for nearly
   a decade.

   North Korea denied the attack, and last week threatened "all-out
   military action of justice to blow up all means for anti-North Korean
   psychological warfare" if South Korea did not immediately stop the
   broadcasts.

   Tensions regularly flare up between the two Koreas, which are still
   technically in a state of war after their 1950s conflict ended in truce
   rather than a peace treaty.

   Some material from Reuters was used in this report.
     __________________________________________________________________

   [1]http://www.voanews.com/content/report-north-korea-shells-south-korea
   /2925120.html

References

   1. http://www.voanews.com/content/report-north-korea-shells-south-korea/2925120.html