North Korea fires more artillery shells into maritime buffer zones

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea’s missile launch during a news programme at the Seoul Railway Station (AP)

The South Korean military said it has detected North Korea additionally firing possibly hundreds of artillery rounds into maritime buffer zones between the two countries, further raising animosities triggered by a recent barrage of weapons tests.

South Korean military chiefs said they had detected the North firing approximately 80 rounds of artillery into waters near the eastern sea border from around 5pm on Friday.