21+ North And South Korean Border Background. The bbc's yogita limaye has visited the border to talk to the european observers monitoring the. Seoul says military responded with shots after north korean soldiers fired at guard post.

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It was located in the north korean border town of kaesong in an industrial park the two koreas set up in 2002 and where south korean manufacturers. South korea's military said its troops exchanged fire with north korea along their tense land border on sunday. North korea is a closed country, which makes it easy to forget that north koreans and chinese have long crossed each other's borders.

North korean shells have landed in south korean waters, prompting seoul to open fire across a disputed border zone.

North korea will deploy troops to the border with the south and drop leaflets criticising seoul in a heightening of tensions. South korea's military said later sunday that its investigation into who crossed the border into north korea was being narrowed down to a single, unidentified person. North and south korean border. A north korean gymnast has sensationally vaulted over a 12ft barbed wire fence to reach freedom in the south according to reports.