North, South Korean troops exchange border fire: Yonhap

SEOUL (AFP) - North and South Korean troops on Sunday briefly exchanged fire across their heavily fortified land border, in the second such incident this month, the South's Yonhap news agency reported.

The exchange occurred around 5:40 pm (0840 GMT) after a South Korean border patrol fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol near the Military Demarcation Line dividing the peninsula, Yonhap said.

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