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The land mines used wooden boxes and were of North Korean origin and were probably planted between July 22 and Tuesday, he said. It was unclear when the broadcasts would start or how long they would continue.

North Korea fired on South Korea Thursday, leading to an exchange of rocket and artillery fire over their highly fortified demilitarized zone, according to the South Korean Defense Ministry. Following the incident, the South Korean Ministry of Defense said it had received a...

Kim Moo-sung, chairman of the ruling Saenuri Party, called on the military to raise its combat readiness as North Korea fired artillery shells targeted at loudspeakers at a South Korean front-line military unit on the western area.

The incident started when North Korea fired a rocket at a South Korean border area, prompting Seoul’s forces to reply with an artillery barrage.

In response the South Korean military fired tens of artillery rounds towards North Korea.

The North did not return fire, but did warn the South to discontinue the broadcast within 48 hours or face military repercussions, the the South’s defense ministry said, according to Reuters.

For years, banks of speakers positioned at more than a dozen points along the border with the North had blared out propaganda messages about the joys of life in South Korea.

More than 28,000 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea to protect against a possible invasion from North Korea. No deaths or injuries have been reported.

North Korea did not return fire but warned Seoul in a letter that it would take military action if the South did not stop the loudspeaker broadcasts along the border within 48 hours, the South’s Defense Ministry said.

In a response to growing worries over mounting debt, South Korea unveiled a set of measures aimed at mitigating risks from household borrowing in July. It did not mention whether there were injuries or damage on either side.

The explosions just hundreds of meters into the South’s portion of the inter-Korean Demilitarized Zone left two soldiers in need of leg amputations.

On Saturday, Abe sent a ritual cash offering to Yasukuni Shrine for war dead but did not visit the shrine, seen in China and South Korea as a symbol of Tokyo’s wartime militarism.

South Korea on Monday ordered border propaganda operations against North Korea to resume for the first time in 11 years, in retaliation for landmine blasts that maimed two of its soldiers during a frontier patrol.

In a 25-minute speech which was broadcast live on Friday, the nationalist Abe acknowledged Japan inflicted “immeasurable damage and suffering” on innocent people during its invasion and occupation of East Asia during and before World War Two.

One of the soldiers lost both legs, while the other lost one leg.