May 20, 2024
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N. Korean troops in border area on ‘high alert’ – KCNA

State media continues denials of responsibility for last week's artillery firing

North Korean troops in areas bordering the South have been put on high alert and are prepared to wipe out their South Korean counterparts, the North’s state media reported Tuesday.

The move is the latest in a series of provocative gestures by the North, which made similar threats last week and fired artillery in the direction of a South Korean vessel last Tuesday.

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