NORTH and South Korea have exchanged fire after a North Korean patrol boat violated the South Korean western sea border, agencies are reporting. North and South Korean naval patrol boats briefly exchanged fire Tuesday near their disputed maritime border, according to the South’s defence ministry which said the North’s vessel had violated the boundary. The defence ministry said the South’s patrol boat had initially fired a warning shot after the North Korean vessel penetrated half a nautical mile inside the South’s territorial waters. Instead of retreating immediately, the North patrol boat opened fire, so “our side fired back,” a ministry spokesman said, adding there was “no damage” sustained by the South Korean vessel. Although the incident went beyond warning shots, the spokesman indicated that neither side had made a concerted effort to hit the other.
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 06:08:29 +0000
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