https://aljazeera.com/news/north-korea-fires-artillery-towards-s…
North Korea has fired more than 200 rounds of artillery shells into the sea near a tense maritime border and towards two South Korean islands, which Seoul called “an act of provocation” as it responded with live fire drills.
The exchange on Friday led residents of Yeonpyeong and Baengnyeong – two remote South Korean islands – to evacuate to bomb shelters at the instruction of Seoul’s military before it fired live rounds towards the disputed Northern Limit Line (NLL).
Pyongyang’s fire caused no damage, said Lee Sung-joon, a spokesperson for the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, adding that all the shells landed on the northern side of the sea border.
“This is an act of provocation that escalates tension and threatens peace on the Korean Peninsula,” South Korean Defence Minister Shin Won-sik said as he supervised the firing drills.
North Korea said its defensive coastal units fired 192 rounds as a “natural response” to military actions by South Korea’s “military gangsters” in recent days, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
I think Rocket Man would have have reconsidered this had 45 been in the Oval right now!
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
No, Trump more just kissed Kim’s butt than anything.
@NominationZebraDemocrat4mos4MO
Nah. This situation is dicey. It calls for the big guns.
Time to tap Ambassador Rodman from deep off the bench.
@P0llingPlaceAlexRepublican4mos4MO
I’m surprised any NORK shells actually worked.
@UrchinZachRepublican4mos4MO
Not really. Actually it is New Year fireworks. The South is just paranoid that's all
@SolidPumaDemocrat4mos4MO
I hope the south doesn’t rely too much on the United States. They’re pretty tied up right now between Ukraine, and Iran and Hamas and Gaza, United States is pretty tapped out.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution4mos4MO
And this just makes me want to stay out of foreign affairs more than ever...
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
That might be the exact reason we shouldn’t. If that gets real, South Korea could die when we could’ve helped.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution4mos4MO
Are you ready to send your sons and daughters to bleed and die defending a foreign nation?
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
I’m in the generation that would be forced to. I know the risks, I know it’s horrible, but how many more will suffer if we don’t help?
@Patriot-#1776Constitution4mos4MO
Mankind has always been waging wars with one another, because their nature is inherently black, depraved, and selfish. No matter how many hundreds upon hundreds of billion we send out there, it's in vain if we try to change the fundamentals of human nature, if we deceive ourselves by believing we have the power to end war. There will always be war. The only logical thing to do is to get involved in it as little as possible and to isolate ourselves from it so it does not harm us and our families.
@SuperiorLobby4mos4MO
I hope this gets resolved without a war
@ISIDEWITH4mos4MO
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