**rth Korea Fires at South Korean Military Ship
 

**rth Korea Fires at South Korean Military Ship
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In an incident sure to raise tensions in the region, **rth Korea fired at least one shot into disputed waters toward a South Korean naval ship, a South Korean military official said Thursday.

The artillery did **t hit the vessel, and South Korea fired back at the **rth Korean naval ship in response, Reuters reports. The exchange occurred in the Yellow Sea just **rth of Yeonpyeong Island, where residents were ordered into bomb shelters. Yeonpyeong, which is approximately seven miles off **rth Korea's coast, is near a disputed maritime demarcation border called the **rthern Limit Line.

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South Korean soldiers patrol on the South-controlled island of Yeonpyeong near the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea at dawn on April 15, 2013.

Image: JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images


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