South Korea says artillery fire heard from North
10:18, 8 December 2010
MOSCOW. December 8. KAZINFORM Distant artillery fire was heard early on Wednesday near the tense border between the North and South Koreas in the Yellow Sea, Yonhap reported; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
The agency said North Korea was apparently conducting a regular drill.
"No shells have landed south of the border or on Yeonpyeong Island," Yonhap quoted an unnamed military source as saying.
Tensions escalated in the region in mid-November when North Korea launched artillery fire at South Korea's Yeonpyeong island, injuring four soldiers and provoking a retaliatory attack from the South; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
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