North Korea soldiers cross border prompting warning shots from South
Seoul believes the border violation was not intentional, as North Korea prepares for Putin's visit.
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The soldiers retreated after the South Korean military fired warning shots, but Seoul believes their violation of the border was not intentional.
South Korea said it believed the soldiers accidentally crossed as they were fortifying the border, the second such incident in over a week.
A heavily fortified strip of no-man’s land separating the north from the south, the DMZ border is not fenced and the signposts are obscured by dense vegetation.
About 20-30 soldiers entered the zone by about 20m (65ft), South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement.
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