North Korea fires missile barrage as tensions with South rise
North Korea fired a barrage of missiles toward the sea as tensions with South Korea grow. Seoul accuses the North of planting mines near the border line that caused blasts on September 21, but Pyongyang denies responsibility and warns of retaliation if provoked.
ContextContext: North and South Korea are still technically at war because the 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty. The military demarcation line is the heavily guarded border, so mine incidents along it raise fears of wider clashes.
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