South Korea’s Northwestern Island Defense Command is revealed shooting weapons shells from Baengyeong Island on Friday in action to North Korean shelling. Picture supplied by the Republic of Korea Defense Department/X
Jan. 6 (UPI)– North Korea fired weapons shells near 2 South Korean islands for a 2nd straight day Saturday, however the shells were less in number and landed in waters above the Northern Limit Line, authorities stated.
South Korea’s armed force stated North Korea fired about 60 shells that landed in waters near the very same 2 islands however north of a separation line separating the territorial waters of North Korea and South Korea in the Yellow Sea, Yonhap News Agency reported
The islands lie near the western border in between the 2 Korean countries.
North Korea fired some 200 weapons shells near the South Korean islands of Yeonpyeong and Baengnyeong for over 2 hours Friday early morningMuch of the shells landed in the sea listed below the NLL, triggering South Korea to react with weapons salvos amounting to about 600 shells that landed in its territorial waters.
South Korea bought residents to inhabit emergency situation shelters on the 2 islands Friday for security. No such order was made after Saturday’s shelling.
No damage, deaths or injuries took place due to the shelling on either day, South Korean authorities stated.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff stated Saturday’s shelling took place for about an hour beginning at 4 p.m. regional time.
North Korea formerly shelled Yeonpyeong Island in 2010, which eliminated 4 individuals and hurt 18 more. The 2010 shelling happened after limit conflicts emerged and the United States and South Korea performed joint military workouts in the location.
A 2018 military pact in between the 2 Koreas produced the NLL to diffuse stress in between the 2 countries that share the Korean Peninsula. North Korea withdrew from the pact in November after releasing its very first military satellite to orbit the Earth.
The current round of live-firing near the border separating the Yellow Sea territorial waters in between the 2 countries represents a danger to peace, the South Korean armed force stated in a declaration requiring an instant cease-fire.