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South Korea's military says North Korea fired more than 60 artillery shells near the maritime border between the two countries on January 6.
South Koreans watch television coverage of North Korea's artillery fire (photo taken at a train station in Seoul, South Korea on January 5)
According to Reuters news agency, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said North Korea fired more than 60 artillery shells around the northwest area of Yeonpyeong Island between 4 and 5 p.m. on January 6 (local time).
South Korea said it "strongly urges" North Korea to stop actions that threaten peace on the Korean Peninsula and stop escalating tensions.
Yonhap news agency quoted information from the JCS as saying that the artillery shells fell in the area north of the Northern Limit Line (NLL), which is considered the maritime boundary between the two countries in the Yellow Sea.
However, unlike the response on January 5, the South Korean military has no plans to fire at sea in response to North Korea's actions.
The incident came a day after North Korea fired more than 200 artillery shells near Yeonpyeong and Baengnyeong islands, amid continuing tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul.
These two sparsely populated islands lie just south of the NLL. Residents of the two islands have been ordered to evacuate at the request of South Korea.
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have been rising since North Korea launched its first military reconnaissance satellite, Malligyong-1, on November 21, 2023, which it said was designed to monitor US and South Korean military activities.
In response to the launch, Seoul suspended part of a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement and said it would step up surveillance along the border. In response, Pyongyang said it would scrap the agreement and resume all military activities that had been suspended under the agreement.
At that time, according to The Hankyoreh (South Korea), observers predicted that North Korea would resume previously suspended military exercises around the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) and demonstrate its military power after canceling the inter-Korean military agreement.
In terms of maritime activities, North Korea may deploy artillery and coastal warships around the NLL and resume naval exercises.
Professor Koh Yu Hwan at Dongguk University (South Korea) commented: "The most likely place for direct conflict to occur is in this western sea, where tensions are at risk of escalating step by step."
According to Tuoi Tre
