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North Korea, which last night violated the 9:19 military agreement by firing hundreds of artillery rounds in the eastern and western seas, issued a red flag position today.
Our military is said to have fired artillery first, and it was a counterattack.
He even threatened not to tolerate southern provocations with an overwhelming military response.
Reporter Yoon Seong-cheol reports.
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The sound of shelling on Yeonpyeong Island, Incheon, facing North Korea, began around 6pm yesterday and continued until 7pm.
When the residents were unable to hide their anxiety from the sound of the shelling which continued for about an hour, Myeon’s office even sent out an emergency announcement.
“Residents, please don’t be alarmed and evacuate home.”
About 130 fishing boats wishing to set sail had to turn the bow quickly.
The bombing that struck Yeonpyeong Island in the early evening was a provocation by North Korean artillery.
North Korea fired more than 390 shells into the “Marine Buffer Zone” in the eastern and western seas for about two hours yesterday.
And this morning, North Korea announced on behalf of a spokesman for the Korean People’s Army staff that it was “fire in response to South Korean artillery fire.”
“I will not forgive any provocation that will aggravate the tension” and “I will adopt overwhelming military countermeasures”.
South Korean artillery fire, which North Korea insisted, was a regular bomb shooting exercise conducted in the area at the far south of the military demarcation line yesterday and the day before as part of the shooting exercise. MLRS, a multiple USFK rocket launcher.
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“It’s a firing range outside the no-fire training area, and we shoot south. In the end, we made various taunts and blamed the south for a little more tension …”
South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff stressed that this bombing by North Korea was a clear violation of the agreement aimed at the area where fire was prohibited in the “September 19 military agreement”.
North Korean experts analyzed that North Korea is repeating military provocations and shifting responsibility, and is thinking about the South’s position on the violation of the September 19 military agreement.
Assuming North Korea’s threat next week, South Korea’s military, navy, air force, and US forces are also expected to participate in part in a national defense exercise, raising the possibility of further Korean provocations. of the North.
I’m Seongcheol Yoon of MBC News.
Video editing Yoon Chi-young
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