North Korea fires about 100 more artillery shells in response to South Korean live-fire drills as the rivals accuse each other of dialing up tensions.
South Korea’s military detected the artillery being fired from a western North Korean coastal town, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. On Tuesday night, North Korea fired about 100 shells off its west coast and 150 rounds off its east coast, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said earlier.
“Our army strongly warns the enemy forces to immediately stop the highly irritating provocative act in the frontline areas,” an unidentified spokesperson for the general staff of the North’s Korean army said in a statement Wednesday. There were no reports of violence between the two Koreas. But animosities could persist as North Korea will likely react to South Korea’s ongoing annual “Hoguk” field exercises with its own weapons tests. South Korean officials said the ”Hoguk” drills are aimed at improving a military readiness against North Korean nuclear and missile threats and involve an unspecified number of U.S. troops.
“It’s so far been extremely successful and demonstrated the strength of the ROK-U.S. alliance,” said Capt. Sean Kasprisin, a company commander at the U.S. military, using the initials of South Korea’s official name, the Republic of Korea. “We are definitely stronger together with the two nations.”
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