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South Korea fires warning shots at North Korean vessel west of peninsula: JCS

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Ifang Bremer | Jeongmin Kim April 16, 2023
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South Korea fires warning shots at North Korean vessel west of peninsula: JCS
A ROK Navy Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer, July 2021 | Image: U.S. Pacific Fleet

South Korea fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat late Saturday morning, according to a statement by South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) released the following day. 

A North Korean vessel crossed the maritime demarcation line in the Yellow Sea near South Korea’s westernmost island of Baengnyeong, the JCS said, adding that the ROK vessel fired warning shots at approximately 11:00 a.m. KST. 

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