North Korea’s Patrol Vessel Retreats After South Korea Fires 3 Warning Shots: Report

A South Korean marine takes part in a military exercise on South Korea's Baengnyeong Island, near the disputed sea border with the north, in this handout picture provided by South Korean Marine Corps and released by Yonhap on Sept. 7, 2017. South Korean Marine Corps/Yonhap via Reuters

South Korea’s military said Tuesday that a North Korean patrol vessel that attempted to cross the two countries’ maritime boundary retreated after three warning shots were fired.

The North Korean patrol vessel was trying to intervene after South Korea’s military seized a North Korean fishing boat that breached the maritime border at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Yonhap News Agency (YNA) reported.