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South Korea Fires Warning Shots After North Korean Troops Cross Border
SOUTH KOREA, 16 August
By John_Doe
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A view of the heavily fortified border area between North and South Korea, known as the DMZ.
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Reuters
A group of North Korean soldiers walked over the line that separates the two countries, forcing the South Korean military to fire shots to make them go back.
There was a tense moment at the border between North and South Korea on Tuesday. A group of North Korean soldiers walked across the Military Demarcation Line, which is the official border that divides the two countries. Because the two sides are technically still at war from decades ago, this border is strictly off-limits. When the North Korean soldiers stepped over the line, the South Korean military took immediate action. They fired warning shots to tell the soldiers to leave. According to officials in South Korea, the North Korean soldiers turned around and went back to their side of th…