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South Korean soldiers fired warning shots after North Korean troops briefly violated the tens border earlier this week, South Korea's military said Tuesday, (June 10) as the rivals are embroiled in Cold War-style campaigns like balloon launches and propaganda broadcasts.
Bloodshed and violent confrontations have occasionally occurred at the Koreas' heavily fortified border, called the Demilitarized Zone.
While Sunday's incident happened amid simmering tensions between the two Koreas,observers say it won't likely develop into another source of animosity as South Korea believes the North Koreans didn't deliberately commit the border intrusion and North Korea also didn't return fire.
At 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, some North Korean soldiers who were engaged in unspecified work on the northern side of the border crossed the military demarcation line that bisects the two countries, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
The tit-for-tat over speakers and balloons both Cold War-style psychological warfare have deepened tensions between the Koreas as talks over the North's nuclear ambitions have remained stalled for years.
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