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Post by sevenofnine on Aug 20, 2015 10:31:58 GMT -5
This was breaking in overnight cycles
ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 10-12, 18-19)
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- The two Koreas engaged in a brief exchange of artillery shells over the western part of their heavily-fortified border Thursday, escalating tensions on the peninsula following the North's recent landmine attack on the South's side.
President Park Geun-hye, in response, ordered the military to sternly deal with North Korea's provocations and to maintain readiness.
The South Korean military's radar system detected North Korea firing a shell toward a South Korean front-line military unit in Yeoncheon, northwest of Seoul, before 4:00 p.m., an official at the Ministry of National Defense said. The North fired several more shells at the southern side of the demilitarized zone near the area, he said.
South Korea fired back dozens of 155-millimeter and other shells toward the North Korean side of the DMZ in counteraction, the official said.
english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2015/08/20/0200000000AEN20150820011155315.html
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Post by sevenofnine on Aug 20, 2015 11:07:22 GMT -5
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Post by sevenofnine on Aug 20, 2015 13:00:05 GMT -5
OH OH getting serious on NK and South Koreas Military ordered to be combat-ready President Park Geun-hye Thursday ordered the military to maintain a strong defense posture against North Korea after South and North Korea exchanged fire in the western border, Cheong Wa Dae said. "President Park presided over a National Security Council (NSC) meeting at 6 p.m. and was debriefed about the North's fire from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, defense minister and the head of the National Security Office," presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook said in a briefing. It was the first time for Park to preside over a NSC meeting. Initially, National Security Office chief Kim Kwan-jin planned to preside over the NSC meeting, but considering the seriousness of the issue, Park chaired it in an underground bunker at Cheong Wa Dae. "She also said during the 40-minute meeting that the government needs to ensure the safety of those who reside near the border area," Min added. According to the spokesman, Park received the firs www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/08/485_185297.html |
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