South Korea on Tuesday said it had lodged a formal protest with North Korea over its recent coastal artillery drills, revealing the exercise had been staged on the ninth anniversary of the North's bombardment of Yeonpyeong island.
In a regular briefing, Ministry of National Defense (MND) spokesperson Choi Hyun-soo said the South had taken countermeasures in response to the North's live-fire exercise, conducted near the inter-Korean maritime border on Changrin island.
South Korea on Tuesday said it had lodged a formal protest with North Korea over its recent coastal artillery drills, revealing the exercise had been staged on the ninth anniversary of the North's bombardment of Yeonpyeong island.
In a regular briefing, Ministry of National Defense (MND) spokesperson Choi Hyun-soo said the South had taken countermeasures in response to the North's live-fire exercise, conducted near the inter-Korean maritime border on Changrin island.
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