North Korea/South Korea: North and South Korea Trade Fire Across Disputed Sea Border

Mar 31, 2014 | Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea and South Korea fired hundreds of artillery shells across their disputed western sea border on Monday, escalating military tensions a day after the North threatened to conduct more nuclear tests.South Korean officials said the shells fell harmlessly into the waters, from which naval and fishing boats stayed clear. But the exchange was the most serious episode along that border since an artillery duel in 2010.