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Row in Korea as South claims North has been firing at sea border
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's military exercise during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, January 7, 2024
TENSIONS ran high on the Korean peninsula today as Seoul accused Pyongyang of firing multiple rounds of artillery near their disputed sea border.
North Korea admitted test-firing artillery on Friday, but has denied claims it continued firing over the weekend.
Public relations chief Kim Yo Jong — sister to hereditary leader Kim Jong Un — said the North had detonated blasting powder to simulate the sound of artillery on Saturday in order to test the South’s military intelligence capability.
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