North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Monday ordered a firing drill on the western frontier bordering South Korea, state media reported triggering criticism from Seoul.
KIM ORDERED FIRE
During his inspection of a front-line military unit on Changrin island north of the western sea border with South Korea, Kim set the target for firing drills.
Kim identified target for “Gun 2 of the coastal artillery company on combat duty and gave an order to fire,” Pyongyang-based Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
The site of drill fire lies just north of the Northern Limit Line — a de facto maritime border with South Korea — which saw bloody naval skirmishes between the two Koreas in the past.
Triggering regret from South Korea, Seoul termed the firing drills as a “violation of a military agreement the two Koreas signed in September last year to avoid activities that increase tensions near the border,” Yonhap news agency reported.