KPA spokesman :The situation on the Korean peninsula is getting worse

North Korea last night again fired artillery rounds into maritime “buffer zones” and warned South Korea to immediately stop its ongoing military drills.

In a statement on Wednesday, the North Korean People’s Army (KPA) said last night’s artillery firing was in response to the South Korean military who fired dozens of shells of multiple rocket launchers in the forefront area of Cholwon County, South Kangwon Province, on Tuesday.

“The situation on the Korean peninsula is getting worse due to the enemies’ repeated military provocations in the forefront area,” said the KPA spokesman in a statement published by the state-run Korean Central News Agency.

Pyongyang called the ongoing South Korean annual military exercises that started on Monday “enemy’s war drill against the north” and said they send a serious warning once again.

“It made sure that KPA units on the east and west fronts conducted a threatening, warning fire toward the east and west seas in the night of Oct. 18, as a powerful military countermeasure,” said the North military spokesman, adding “enemies should immediately stop the reckless and inciting provocations escalating the military tension in the forefront area.”

Earlier, South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that North Korea fired some 100 artillery rounds into the Yellow Sea and 150 into the East Sea last night

The artillery shells fell into eastern and western buffer zones north of the Northern Limit Line, Yonhap News Agency cited a statement by the JCS.

Source: Agencies