North Korea: "Shooting Zone Unrelated to Military Demarcation Line... Normal Training Without Threats"

North Korea claimed on the 7th that it conducted live-fire exercises along the coast and islands from Deongam-ri, Gangryeong-gun, South Hwanghae Province to Yeonan-gun, but did not pose any threat to the South.

The North Korean General Staff announced that it carried out training using 23 coastal artillery guns, firing 88 shells at four zones east of the maritime Military Demarcation Line (MDL) in parallel lines, according to a report by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

The General Staff stated, "The firing zones are unrelated to the MDL in terms of direction and did not create any intentional threat to hostile countries," adding, "It was conducted according to plan within the normal training system of our military."

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On the same day, Kim Yo-jong, Deputy Director of the Workers' Party, claimed in a statement released to KCNA that the South Korean military was deceived by a ruse involving explosives mimicking gunfire sounds.

In response, the Joint Chiefs of Staff dismissed it as a low-level psychological warfare against the South targeting our military's detection capabilities, urging North Korea to immediately cease military activities that escalate tensions in the adjacent waters.

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