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Gunshots from North Korea hit South Korean guard post

By Daniel Chaitin
Published May 3, 2020 2:50am ET
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Gunshots from North Korea hit South Korean guard post
South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Cheorwon, South Korea, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. North Korea warned Tuesday that a South Korean official would pay a high price for saying the North "must disappear soon" in an escalation of rhetoric between the rivals. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lim Byung-shik) KOREA OUT | Lim Byung-shik

The South Korean military reported a guard post was hit by multiple bullets fired from the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone on Sunday morning.

The gunshots fired by North Korean troops toward the central border town of Cheorwon prompted South Korea to issue a warning and shoot back twice, according to the Yonhap News Agency. There were no reports of casualties or damage to South Korean facilities.

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