North Korea fires 200 shots as countermeasures for South Korean training

On the 5th, North Korea claimed that the bombardment on the northern coast of South Korea's Yongpyeong Island and Baengnyeong Island was a response to South Korean military training. At the same time, South Korea challenged the government due to shelling.
He threatened to take strong action if he did so. The General Staff of the North Korean Army announced on the same day, via the Korean Central News Agency, that it conducted a live-fire training at sea in five areas using 192 artillery shells.
The North Korean military asserted, ``The direction of live fire at sea will not have any indirect impact on Baennyong Island and Yeonpyeong Island.'' He continued, ``Our military will take control of Baennyong Island and Yeonpyeong Island, the maritime buffer zone in the Soviet Union (West Sea).
"The South Korean military's violent claim that it fired coastal artillery fire in the north of the island is a complete deterrence claim that misleads public opinion." The South Korean military conducted response fire and residents were ordered to evacuate.
In this regard, he shifted the blame to the South Korean side, saying, ``This is a routine method of pinning the blame for the escalation of the situation on the training of our (North Korean) military.'' Regarding this maritime firing exercise, he said, ``Large-scale artillery fire and
"This is our military's natural response to the military actions of the Republic of Korea Army Corps, which carried out mobile training and maneuver training." The North Korean military also told the South Korean side, ``It's a lot of boring talk about blaming them for the escalation of the situation, etc.''
"Don't do anything that you don't want to do, and don't invite disaster yourself." He added, "If the enemy dares to take actions that amount to provocation under the pretext of a so-called response, our military will respond with an unprecedented level of force."
he threatened. At the same time, he emphasized that ``the concepts of ethnicity and kinship have already been erased from our understanding.'' Prior to this, on the morning of the day, North Korea carried out approximately 20
It fired 0 shots and fell into the sea north of the Limit Line (NLL). The shells fell within the buffer zone established in the West Sea under the September 19 military agreement, and the South Korean military labeled the firing a provocation.