SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the Military Demarcation Line near the border on Tuesday, according to the country’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Some 20 to 30 soldiers breached the line by 20 metres (65 feet) inside the demilitarised zone on Tuesday morning and briefly moved back […]
SEOUL (Reuters) – The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned of a new response against South Korea if the South kept on loudspeaker broadcasts and scattering leaflets amid simmering tensions. “If the ROK simultaneously carries out the leaflet scattering and loudspeaker broadcasting provocation over the border, it will undoubtedly witness the […]
(Fixes spelling of Mohamed’s name) By Ju-min Park and Minwoo Park YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Sri Lankans Siyam Mohamed and MJ Nimshan Dananjaya hadn’t realised how close South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island is to North Korea when they arrived in November to work catching crabs. They had a rude awakening on Friday, […]
By Ju-min Park and Minwoo Park YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea (Reuters) – Sri Lankans Siyam Mohamad and MJ Nimshan Dananjaya hadn’t realised how close South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island is to North Korea when they arrived in November to work catching crabs. They had a rude awakening on Friday, however, when alerts sounded on their phones […]