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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - A South Korean army K1A2 tank takes part in a joint combat firing drill between South Korean and U.S. troops near the demilitarised zone separating two Koreas, in Pocheon, South Korea, January 2, 2024. — The Defense Ministry/Handout via Reuters
SEOUL, Jan 5 — North Korea fired more than 200 artillery shells near two South Korean islands today, Seoul’s defence ministry said, with an evacuation order issued for residents on one of them.
“The North Korean military conducted over 200 rounds of firing today from around 09:00to 11:00 (1200 to 0200 GMT) in the areas of Jangsan-got in the northern part of Baengnyeong Island and the northern areas... of Yeonpyeong Island,” a defence ministry official said at a briefing.
Yeonpyeong local officials told AFP that civilians had been asked to evacuate, describing the order as a “preventative measure”.
South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island is situated in the Yellow Sea. It is located approximately 80 kilometres west of Incheon and 12 kilometres south of the coastline of Hwanghae Province, North Korea.
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Pyongyang fired a barrage of 170 artillery shells onto Yeonpyeong island in November 2010, killing four people including two civilians in the first North Korean attack on a civilian area since the 1950-53 Korean War.
Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points in decades, after Kim enshrined the country’s status as a nuclear power into the constitution while test-firing several advanced ICBMs.
At Pyongyang’s key year-end policy meetings, Kim warned of a nuclear attack on the South and called for a build-up of the country’s military arsenal ahead of armed conflict that he warned could “break out any time”.
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In 2023, the North successfully launched a reconnaissance satellite, after receiving what Seoul claimed was help from Russia in exchange for arms transfers for Ukraine. — AFP
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