NORTH, SOUTH KOREA TRADE WARNING SHOTS ON MARITIME BORDER
South Korea's military said Monday it had fired warning shots at a North Korean ship that crossed the countries' de facto maritime border, prompting the North to fire a warning in return.
A North Korean merchant vessel crossed what is known as the Northern Limit Line at 3:42 a.m. (1842 GMT) but retreated north after Seoul's navy fired warning shots, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Meanwhile, Pyongyang's Korean People's Army said a South Korean military vessel had "invaded" the de facto border by 2.5 to 5 kilometers (1.5 to 3 miles) a few minutes later and that the KPA fired 10 warning rounds from the country's west coast.
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