North and South Korea Exchange Warning Shots After North Intrudes Across Border

A North Korean guard post (top) is seen over a South Korean military fence (bottom) from the border city of Paju, on Dec. 15, 2020. Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images

North and South Korea early Monday morning exchanged warning shots along a disputed western maritime boundary in the Yellow Sea as a North Korean vessel reportedly crossed a sea border with the South.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it fired warning shots after a North Korean merchant vessel crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL) at 3.42 a.m. (local time) on Monday, Yonhap News Agency reported.