South Korea Fires Warning Shots After North’s Boat Crosses Sea Border

South Korea Fires Warning Shots After North’s Boat Crosses Sea Border
South Korean Navy's patrol ships near South Korea's Baekryeong island in a file photo. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo
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SEOUL—South Korea fired warning shots toward a North Korean vessel that crossed the maritime border, South Korea’s military said on Sunday, a day after the incident that further raised tension over the North’s missile tests.

The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it fired warning shots and broadcast warnings to expel a North Korean patrol boat that breached the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto sea boundary, around 11 a.m. (0200 GMT) on Saturday.