North and South Korea in artillery exchange

South fires back at North over propaganda broadcasts at border.

South Korea fired tens of artillery rounds toward North Korea yesterday after the North launched shells to protest South Korea’s anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts along the border, as tension escalated on the peninsula.

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