Live-fire exercises near border

SEOUL: The DPRK has staged live-fire artillery exercises near its disputed Yellow Sea border with the ROK amid rising tensions, military officials in Seoul said yesterday.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff office said batteries on the west coast fired dozens of shells into the DPRK's waters on Tuesday.

It said the firing came from the regions of Haeju and Ongjin near the Northern Limit Line sea border, where deadly naval clashes occurred in 1999 and 2002.