Reuters: North Korea threatens retaliation after South Korean warning shots
North Korea threatened retaliation on Friday after South Korea fired what it said were warning shots when a patrol boat and fishing boat from the North crossed the disputed sea border off the west coast of the Korean peninsula.
The two vessels from the North retreated about eight minutes after the South Korean navy fired five 40 mm artillery shots at around 7:30 a.m. local time, South Korean officials told Reuters.
The North Korean boats had crossed the Northern Limit Line, a border that the North disputes, near the South Korean border island of Yeonpyeong, according to the South Korean military.
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Update #1: South Korea fires warning shots at North Korean ships at disputed boundary -- FOX News
Update #2: N. Korean vessels violate maritime border (Korea Times)
WNU Editor: With the G-7 taking place only a few hundred kilometres away .... I cannot help but feel that the North Koreans had to make a show to get their attention.
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