South Korea fires warning shots as troops from North breach border

Last June, a number of North Korean soldiers working within the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the central front also crossed south of the military line, returning north after receiving warning broadcasts and warning shots from South Korea [File: Jeon Heon-kyun/EPA]

South Korea’s military has reported it fired warning shots as troops from the North crossed the two adversaries’ shared fortified border.

The breach by approximately 10 North Korean soldiers of the border into the South on Tuesday was the second such incident in 10 months, with tension between Pyongyang and Seoul simmering.