N. Korea berates S. Korea for firing warning shots at its troops in border area this week

North Korea on Saturday accused South Korea's military of having fired more than 10 warning shots earlier this week at North Korean soldiers who were in a border reinforcement project, underscoring a rise in inter-Korean tensions amid an ongoing military exercise between Seoul and Washington. Ko Jong-chol, vice chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army (KPA), issued a statement calling for Seoul to stop its "premeditated and deliberate" provocation that he said is "inciting military conflict," according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). "On Aug. 19, the ROK military warmongers committed such a serious provocation as firing more than 10 warning shots with a 12.7 mm large-caliber machine gun at the DPRK soldiers who were conducting a permanent barrier project near the southern border line," the statement read. ROK is the acronym for South Korea's official name, the Republic of Korea, and DPRK is the short for North Korea's full name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It is not immediately confirmed whether the North's claim is true. North Korea said its soldierWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times