The incident comes amid rising tensions between the two countries over North Korea's launch of balloons carrying trash into South Korea.
South Korea's military fired warning shots after about 20 North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border over the weekend, officials said. North Korean troops in the Demilitarised Zone that separates the two countries crossed the demarcation line on Sunday afternoon, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Tuesday. It comes amid a recent rise in tension over North Korea's launch of balloons carrying trash into the South.
Yonhap news agency, citing an unnamed JCS official, reported the troops were mostly carrying pick axes and other tools and appeared to have become lost. The South Korean military has previously fired warning shots at North Korean soldiers crossing the border, but most such incidents took place around the maritime border which Pyongyang has disputed.
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