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South Korea fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed demarcation line, Yonhap says

Timeslive · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · · 1772 words · By Reuters Agency
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What to know about South Korea fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed demarcation line, Yonhap says

South Korea's military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the military demarcation line in the eastern demilitarized zone. The report, citing Yonhap news agency, notes that the soldiers returned and that there were 17 such violations last year.

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What happened

Enter fullscreen mode displaying this image.Expand North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is cheered by soldiers.

Why it matters

North Korean troops violated the MDL 17 times last year.

Common ground

File picture: Reuters South Korea’s military last week fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers violated the military demarcation line, prompting them to return, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday, citing an unnamed source.

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South Korea's military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the military demarcation line in the eastern demilitarized zone. The report, citing Yonhap news agency, notes that the soldiers returned and that there were 17 such violations last year.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The two Koreas are still technically at war after their 1950-1953 war ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty.”
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This is a widely documented historical fact confirmed by a cross-reference (Sowetan), multiple web search results (AP), and implied by Wikipedia's reference to the 1953 Armistice Agreement.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Formerly a single nation that was annexed by Japan in 1910, the Korean Peninsula was divided into occupation zones since the end of World War II on 2 September 1945. The two sovereign countries were f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea–South_Korea_relati…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An estimated 84,532 South Koreans were taken to North Korea during the Korean War. In addition, South Korean statistics estimate that, since the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953, about 3,800 people …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_abductions_of_Sou…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — People defect from North Korea for political, material, safety and personal reasons. Defectors flee to various countries, mainly South Korea. In South Korea, they are referred to by several terms, inc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_defectors
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Claim 2: “South Korea’s military last week fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers violated the military demarcation line”
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Multiple independent news sources (The Korea Times, AzerNEWS, and reports citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff via Yonhap) confirm that the South Korean military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the military demarcation line last week.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Demographic features of South Korea's population include population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population. The commo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_South_Korea
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Korean drama (Korean: 한국 드라마; RR: Hanguk deurama), also known as K-drama and Koreanovela, is a Korean-language television show made in South Korea. These shows began to be produced around the early 19…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_drama
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Formerly a single nation that was annexed by Japan in 1910, the Korean Peninsula was divided into occupation zones since the end of World War II on 2 September 1945. The two sovereign countries were f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea–South_Korea_relati…
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Claim 3: “multiple North Korean soldiers crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) in the eastern area of the demilitarised zone, in the first reported MDL violation by the North Korean military this year.”
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The Korea Times and other web search results specifically confirm that multiple soldiers crossed in the eastern area of the DMZ and that this was the first reported MDL violation of the year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2017–2018 North Korea crisis was a period of heightened tension between North Korea and the United States. The crisis began early in 2017 when North Korea conducted a series of missile and nuclear…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017–2018_North_Korea_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Korean Demilitarized Zone (Korean: 한반도/조선반도 비무장 지대), also known as the Korean DMZ, KDMZ, or simply the DMZ, is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula which intersects the 38th paralle…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Travis Travale King (born February 15, 2000) is a former United States Army soldier known for crossing over the Military Demarcation Line in the Joint Security Area (JSA) into North Korea on July 18, …
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Claim 4: “North Korean troops violated the MDL 17 times last year”
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While one web search result mentions that 'North Korean troops violated the MDL 17 times last year', this specific statistic is not corroborated by other independent sources or Wikipedia in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — North Korea has the world's smallest stockpile of nuclear weapons, with an estimated 60 warheads and production of fissile material for six to seven warheads per year. North Korea is the tenth country…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The North Korea national under-17 football team, represents North Korea in association football at an under-17 age level and is controlled by the DPR Korea Football Association, the governing body for…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — People defect from North Korea for political, material, safety and personal reasons. Defectors flee to various countries, mainly South Korea. In South Korea, they are referred to by several terms, inc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_defectors
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