South Korea says it fires shots after North Korean soldiers cross demarcation line

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's subject said connected Tuesday that it had fired informing shots aft North Korean soldiers violated the subject demarcation enactment earlier returning.

"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 demilitarised portion (DMZ) astir 5:00 p.m. section time," the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said successful a substance connection to reporters.

"Our subject is intimately monitoring the North Korean military's enactment and taking indispensable measures according to the operational procedures," JCS said.

On Monday, the South's subject said astir 1,500 North Koreans were moving connected barbed ligament installations and onshore enactment successful the demilitarised zone, arsenic the North was conducting subject exercises.

The 2 Koreas are inactive technically astatine warfare aft their 1950-53 warfare ended successful an armistice, not a bid treaty.

(Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne and Kim Coghill)