South Korea says 10 North Korean soldiers crossed military demarcation line, warning shots fired

South Korea’s subject said its soldiers broadcasted alerts and fired informing shots aft 10 North Korean troops crossed the subject demarcation enactment (MDL) successful the demilitarized portion (DMZ), according to reports. 

"Our subject conducted informing broadcasts and informing shots aft astir 10 North Korean soldiers crossed the subject demarcation enactment (MDL) successful the eastbound country of the demilitarized portion (DMZ) astir 5:00 p.m. section time," the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the property via substance message, according to Reuters.

South Korean marines disembark from a rider ferry astatine Yeonpyeong Island, adjacent the "northern bounds line" oversea bound with North Korea, connected Jan. 6, 2024 a time aft North Korea's shelling. (JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

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The subject said it is "closely monitoring the North Korean military's activity."

No injuries were reported, and the North Korean soldiers returned to their broadside of the borderline aft the South Korean troops fired informing shots.

A akin incidental occurred successful June 2024, conscionable earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin’s sojourn to Pyongyang. At the time, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the North Korean soldiers were carrying enactment tools. However, a larger radical — astir 20 to 30 North Koreans — was said to person taken portion successful that incident.

North Korean soldiers basal adjacent a subject obstruction astatine North Korea's propaganda colony Kaepoong, successful this representation taken from an reflection adjacent the demilitarized portion separating the 2 Koreas, successful Paju, South Korea, connected Oct. 31, 2024.  (REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji)

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During the sojourn that followed the June 2024 incident, Putin and North Korean ultimate person Kim Jong Un signed a landmark antiaircraft pact.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korean person Kim Jong Un airs for a photograph during a signing ceremonial pursuing bilateral talks successful Pyongyang, North Korea, connected June 19, 2024. (Sputnik/Kristina Kormilitsyna/Kremlin via REUTERS)

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"If 1 of the 2 sides is placed nether warfare situations owed to an equipped penetration from an idiosyncratic state oregon respective nations, the different broadside provides subject and different assistance without hold by mobilizing each means successful its possession," the statement states.

In October 2024, the Pentagon confirmed that North Korea had sent troops to Russia amid the country’s ongoing warfare with Ukraine. Then-National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby said the U.S. had briefed Ukraine connected the situation.

Fox News Digital’s Timothy Nerozzi contributed to this report.