March 28, 2024
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Both Koreas violated armistice agreement in recent DMZ gunfire incident: UNC

May 3 incident saw North Korean soldiers fire on a South Korean guard post

Updated at 17:55 KST to include Ministry of National Defense (MND) response to the UNC investigation 

Both North and South Korea violated the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement during an exchange of gunfire along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) earlier this month, the United Nations Command (UNC) said Tuesday.

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