Key Points
South Korea on Friday issued an evacuation order for Yeonpyeong, an island near its border with North Korea..
North Korea fired more than 200 artillery rounds into the sea on Friday near a tensely defended maritime border with South Korea, a military official said, while residents of two South Korean islands were ordered to evacuate due to an unknown "situation."..
An official on Yeonpyeong island, which sits just south of the disputed Northern Limit Line (NLL) sea border, said the evacuation was ordered at the request of the South Korean military...
"This is an act of provocation that escalates tension and threatens peace on the Korean peninsula," a spokesman for the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said.. South Korea's military told the village there was firing at sea by the South Korean military after "a situation" near the border, the official said..
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