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North Korea fires artillery into buffer area, Seoul cries foul

North Korea fires artillery into buffer area, Seoul cries foul

Agence France-Presse

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People watch the news at a transport station in Seoul, South Korea on Friday. According to South Korea
People watch the news at a transport station in Seoul, South Korea on Friday. According to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile into the East Sea, and about 170 artillery shots into maritime "buffer zones" set under a 2018 inter-Korean military tension reduction. South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol said North Korea violated an inter-Korean military tension reduction agreement by firing artillery shots into buffer zones. Jeon Heon-Kyun, EPA-EFE

SEOUL - South Korea on Wednesday criticized North Korea for unleashing a fresh artillery barrage into waters off its east and west coasts, targeting a maritime "buffer zone" set up in 2018 to reduce tensions.

Pyongyang has dramatically ramped up missile launches and military exercises in recent weeks, as Seoul and Washington say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to conducting what would be his country's seventh nuclear test.

Roughly 250 rounds were launched late Tuesday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, calling it a "clear violation" of the 2018 agreement.

"We strongly urge North Korea to immediately halt its actions," the JCS said in a statement.

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"North Korea's continued provocations are actions that undermine peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula and the international community," it added.

Pyongyang on Wednesday said the barrage was intended to counter the "enemy's war drill against the North" along the border.

South Korea's military "fired dozens of shells of multiple rocket launchers in the forefront area... from 9:55 to 17:22 on Oct. 18," a spokesman for the General Staff of the Korean People's Army said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.

"KPA units on the east and west fronts conducted a threatening, warning fire toward the east and west seas on the night of Oct. 18, as a powerful military countermeasure."

The North also fired artillery rounds into the military buffer zones last week.

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Biden thanks Black Americans for their support

Biden thanks Black Americans for their support

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During an event to mark Black History Month on Tuesday, US President Joe Biden told the audience at the White House he expects to be back next year celebrating the date, hinting at a successful re-election campaign.

Biden thanked the Black Community for their support and called on voters to choose honesty, decency, dignity, and respect.

On Saturday, Biden won the South Carolina Democratic primary - the first officially sanctioned race of the party's nominating season.

While Biden, 81, faced little opposition, the vote was being closely watched amid concerns about his popularity, especially among Black voters.

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Four years ago, it was South Carolina's Black vote in the state's primary that helped ignite Biden's campaign and ultimately propel him to the White House.

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