South Korea fires warning shots as troops from North Breach border | Political news

According to Seoul, North Korean soldiers quickly withdrew after the warning shots were fired.

The South Korean military has reported that it fired warning shots when troops from the north cross the common border of the two opponents.

The injury of about 10 North Korean soldiers of the border to the south on Tuesday was the second incident in 10 months, with cooking between Pyongyang and Seoul.

The joint chiefs of the South Korea (JCS) said that according to the state news agency Yonhap, the North Korean soldiers had violated the border (8:00 a.m. GMT) at around 5 p.m. According to a warning, they returned to the north and warning shots were fired.

“Our military carried out warning broadcasts and warning shots after about 10 North Korean soldiers exceeded the military demarcation (MDL) in the eastern area of ​​the demilitarized zone (DMZ),” said the JCS to reporters in an SMS.

“We closely monitor the movements of the North Korean military and take the necessary measures in accordance with the operational procedures,” says the explanation of the South Korean military.

The motive for the border crossing was not immediately clear.

North Korean troops crossed south of the MDL last June before it transferred, and shots returned home.

The incident did not escalate to an important source of voltage, with South Korean officials found that the penetration of limits was not deliberately.

They found that the place of penetration was an forested area that MDL signs were not clearly visible and that the North Koreans were wearing construction tools.

The 248 km long DMZ width of 4 km (2.5 miles) is the most armed border in the world.

An estimated two million mines are maintained in and near the border, which is also guarded by barbed wire fences, armored traps and combat troops on both sides.

The tension between the two Korean states is high because the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un continue to show his military atomic skills and his orientation with Russia in the middle of the war of President Vladimir Putin against Ukraine.

Kim ignored calls from Seoul and Washington to resume the denuclearization negotiations.

Since his inauguration on January 20, the US President of the United States, Donald Trump, has said that he would reach Kim again to revive diplomacy.

North Korea, however, said that the US hostilities have been deepened since Trump’s inauguration.