North Korea conducts artillery drills along disputed sea border

Undated photo provided on Friday, January 5 2024 by the North Korean government of Kim Jong Un, centre, with his daughter at a factory that produces transport erector launchers in North Korea (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service/AP)

North Korea fired artillery rounds near its disputed sea boundary with South Korea on Friday in violation of a fragile 2018 military agreement, officials in the south have said.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea fired 200 rounds in the waters north of their disputed western sea boundary, and they would take carry out similar drills in response.