"North Korea Launches 60 Artillery Rounds Near Maritime Boundary, Alarms South Korea"

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"North Korea Launches 60 Artillery Rounds Near Maritime Boundary, Alarms South Korea"
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North Korea fired over 60 artillery rounds near Yeonpyeong Island, escalating tensions a day after conducting live-fire drills in the same contested maritime border area. South Korean residents were evacuated to shelters, and Seoul's military issued a strong warning, urging North Korea to stop such actions. This follows the breakdown of a 2018 tension-reducing deal and comes amid heightened inter-Korean tensions, with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un calling for a military buildup and the country's nuclear status being enshrined in its constitution.

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