The South Korean military says it fired warning shots in response to North Korean soldiers crossing the military demarcation line that separates the two countries within their shared demilitarized zone, or DMZ. Military officials are cited as saying the soldiers may have crossed by mistake during intelligence-gathering operations.
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00:00South Korea's military says it fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed
00:05the military demarcation line, separating the two countries.
00:09Seoul says the group of around 10 soldiers were armed, and that they returned to the
00:13North after the shots were fired.
00:16South Korean media are citing military officials saying the soldiers may have crossed by mistake
00:21while gathering intelligence.
00:23Seoul reported three North Korean violations of the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, in June
00:28last year.
00:30The two countries have maintained a tense ceasefire since 1953.