North Korea accuses South of firing warning shots near tense border

Calling the incident ‘a serious provocation’, a North Korean army official warned that it could be a prelude to a larger confrontation

The latest confrontation occurred on Tuesday as North Korean soldiers worked to permanently seal the frontier dividing the peninsula, Pyongyang’s state media said, citing a statement by Army Lieutenant General Ko Jong-chol.

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