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Two Koreas exchange gunfire along fortified border
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| News Date | Tuesday, August 1, 2006 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korean troops along their heavily fortified border exchanged gunfire for the first time in about a year, a military official said on Tuesday, with the incident coming as ties between the two have soured.
North Korean troops fired two shots at a South Korean guard post near the Demilitarised Zone on Monday night and South Korean troops returned six shots, an official said by telephone.
"No one was injured in the incident," the Joint Chiefs of Staff official said.
One of the shots hit the guard post, causing South Korean troops to immediately return fire, the official said.
Ties between the two Koreas had been warming in recent years as the two reached a number of agreements on economic cooperation and military confidence building.
The last time there was an exchange of gun fire along the DMZ was in October 2005, the official said, when North Korea fired a bullet toward at a South Korean guard post and the South returned fire. |
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