Korean troops Say Opened Artillery Fire in Response to South Korean Shelling at Contact Line


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Korean troops Say Opened Artillery Fire in Response to South Korean Shelling at Contact Line
[06/ December/2022]
PYONGYANG December 06.2022 (Saba) - The North Korean troops opened artillery fire on Tuesday in response to shelling conducted by the South Korean army in the area adjacent to the contact line, the General Staff of the Korean People's Army (KPA) said.

South Korea fired multiple launch rocket systems and howitzer in the area adjacent to the front at around 09:15 local time (00:15 GMT) on Tuesday, according to Sputnik.

"The General Staff of the Korean People's Army gave an alarm of combat readiness for emergency and an urgent instruction on strengthening the watch of the enemy situation to units at all levels including the front artillery units of the People's Army, and an order to the front artillery units concerned on firing live shells to the sea for the purpose of warning for immediate and powerful counteraction," the staff said in a statement, quoted by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

In addition, the North Korean army urged the South Korean side to "put an immediate stop to their provocative military action in the area adjacent to the front," the statement specified.

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