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S. Korea fires warning shots after North's boat crosses sea border

This handout photo taken on March 13, 2023 and provided by South Korean Defence Ministry shows South Korean soldiers controlling boats to set up a floating bridge during a South Korea-US joint river-crossing drill in Yeoncheon as part of the Freedom Shield joint military exercise. (AFP)

SEOUL: South Korea fired warning shots toward a North Korean vessel that crossed the maritime border, South Korea's military said on Sunday, a day after the incident that further raised tension over the North's missile tests.

The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it fired warning shots and broadcast warnings to expel a North Korean patrol boat that breached the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto sea boundary, around 11am (0200 GMT) on Saturday.

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