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North Korea accuses South Korean troops of firing warning shots near border

A North Korean soldier, right, speaks with South Korean soldiers during an inspection in 2018 of a dismantled North Korean guard post inside the Demilitarized Zone on the border between the two Koreas [File: Handout/South Korea Defence Ministry via AFP]

North Korea has accused South Korean forces of firing warning shots at its soldiers who were part of a border reinforcement project, cautioning Seoul that its actions risked raising tensions to “uncontrollable” levels.

In a report published on Saturday, Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted the North ‘s Korean People’s Army Vice Chief of the General Staff Ko Jong Chol as saying that the South should stop its “premeditated and deliberate” provocation, which he described as “inciting military conflict”.

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