North Korea declares 'quasi-state of war' as tensions rise with South Korea
BEIJING (Kyodo) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has
declared a "quasi-state of war" in frontline areas amid escalating
tensions with South Korea, Pyongyang's official media said Friday.
North Korea convened Thursday night an emergency meeting of the ruling party's central military commission after South Korea said the two countries exchanged fire at their western border, the Korean Central News Agency said.
Kim, who presided over the meeting, has ordered the army to fully prepare for war operations against South Korea, according to KCNA.
The North Korean military has also denied South Korea's claim that Pyongyang fired against the South on Thursday afternoon, describing it as an "invented" case.
The South Korean military said Thursday that North Korea fired on South Korea twice -- the first being a single anti-aircraft artillery shell and the second being several 76.2-millimeter shells -- and that it retaliated by firing "tens" of 155-mm shells toward the North Korean side of the border.
North Korea convened Thursday night an emergency meeting of the ruling party's central military commission after South Korea said the two countries exchanged fire at their western border, the Korean Central News Agency said.
Kim, who presided over the meeting, has ordered the army to fully prepare for war operations against South Korea, according to KCNA.
The North Korean military has also denied South Korea's claim that Pyongyang fired against the South on Thursday afternoon, describing it as an "invented" case.
The South Korean military said Thursday that North Korea fired on South Korea twice -- the first being a single anti-aircraft artillery shell and the second being several 76.2-millimeter shells -- and that it retaliated by firing "tens" of 155-mm shells toward the North Korean side of the border.
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