A South Korean army K-2 tank fires during a live firing drill at a fire training field in Yangpyeong, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. Lim Hun-jung/Yonhap via AP
SEOUL, South Korea鈥擭orth Korea fired a single artillery round during an apparent military drill near a frontline island on Saturday, a military spokesman from the South said, as tensions run high following nuclear and missile tests by Pyongyang.
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The incident also comes days after the South said it would conduct its largest-ever annual joint military exercises with the United States next month, which usually causes a spike in cross-border frictions.
鈥淭here was a single artillery fire in the North鈥� near the disputed sea border in the Yellow Sea, a defence ministry spokesman told AFP.
鈥淭he shell apparently landed on the northern side of the sea border and there was no damage to us,鈥� he said.
The firing sent residents on Yeonpyeong island fleeing to shelter briefly, Yonhap news agency said.
The North shelled the island in 2010, killing four people, amid disputes over a live fire drill conducted at the South near the disputed sea border.
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