North Korea and South Korea exchanged hundreds of shells on Friday near the Northern Limit Line, the maritime boundary between the two peninsular powers.
Demonstration of the power of cannons began in North Korea lobbing More than 200 shells were fired into the sea, which North Korea described as a “natural response” to provocations by South Korean “military gangs.”
The South Korean military closely monitored North Korea's artillery exercises and determined that no shells had crossed the Northern Limit Line. However, the Korean military ordered Civilians on nearby Yeonpyeong Island are moved to evacuation centers as a precaution.
Yeonpyeong Island was hit by North Korean artillery in November 2010, killing two South Korean marines and two civilians.Some of the families of the dead feel a backlash against the South Korean government. disrespected North Korea's murderous act to avoid wider conflict. North Korea said it attacked the island after South Korea fired into its territorial waters during an artillery exercise.
Yeonpyeong Island has approximately 2,000 civilian residents and military personnel, including artillery units.The South Korean Marines quickly arranged for their own unit. artillery exercisesfired approximately 400 shells from Yeonpyeong Island and Baeknyeong Island, another base in the area.
South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik and the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff observed each other's live-fire training.Shin Said North Korea's shelling was a “provocative act that increases tensions and threatens peace on the Korean Peninsula.”
“Our military is ready to completely annihilate the enemy and prevent it from launching new provocations, and we must back up the momentum with military force,” he said.
Tensions between North and South have increased since the North Korea issue. launched The first reconnaissance satellite will be launched in November. The military agreement signed between the two countries in 2018 is abandoned Shortly thereafter.Last week, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un Said Peaceful unification of the North and South is impossible and is no longer the goal of his administration.
Friday's shelling was North Korea's first provocative artillery display since the 2018 military agreement was broken.
The United States and South Korea concluded a week of live-fire exercises involving armor, artillery and aircraft north of Seoul on Thursday.north korea condemned He vowed to carry out this exercise, as he does all joint U.S.-South Korean exercises, and to retaliate against the “mad dogs” who carried it out.
