North Korea has fired more than 200 rounds of artillery shells off its west coast, towards the South’s Yeonpyeong island, Seoul’s military has said.
Immediately afterwards, South Korea issued an evacuation warning to civilians on the island – which is home to around 2,000 people.
The South has condemned the move, calling it a “provocative act”.
In 2010, North Korean artillery fired scores of times on Yeonpyeong island, killing four people.
The artillery shells fired on Friday did not enter South Korean territory as they all landed in the buffer zone between the two countries.
The latest incident comes as North Korea fully suspended a military deal with the South aimed at lowering tensions.
The last time North Korea fired artillery shells into the sea was in December 2022, with nine such incidents happening in that year alone.
BBC
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