According
to The Guardian
The tensions
renewed when hundreds of artillery shells were fired by the two countries near
a disputed sea boundary. North Korea also claimed that it could carry out a “new
kind” of nuclear test. Experts have also said that the actions of North Korea
could be harder to predict due to the recent political turbulence.
The North
had announced to hold a live-fire drill. When the shells landed in the south of
the disputed boundary, the South responded. North Korea shot approximately 500
rounds of artillery shells, the South 300.
As said by John
Delury, an expert on the North, at Yonsei University in Seoul, these actions
are normal springtime tensions. However the amount of the last missile tests
are much more than expected.
According
to Russian TV
North
Korean shells have landed in South Korean waters, which let Seoul to open fire
across the disputed border zone. The Monday morning the North Korean government
announced to conduct military exercises.
The North
is condemned by the International community due to their nuclear tests. The
United Nations Secretary Council (UNSC) has also announced that there would be
consequences if North Korea continued testing its missile technology. In 2006
the UNSC passed a resolution that forbids the testing of missiles.
Pyongyang
announced that it would carry out a “new form” of nuclear test. This would be
the fourth nuclear test that North Korea does. The last one was in February the
last year. The other two were in 2009 and 2006. And the North also claimed to
be running a Uranium enrichment program in order to produce nuclear weapons.
Bibliography
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/31/south-korea-returns-fire-north-korean-shells
http://rt.com/news/korea-rocket-fire-border-265/
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