It said North Korea will closely watch how South Korea’s “confrontation hysteria” would develop. South Korea said its military fired an unspecified number of warning shots on Tuesday after detecting an object flying across the border. They later said it was probably a balloon carrying propaganda and that North Korean leaflets were subsequently found at the border. Relations between the Koreas are in one of their lowest ebbs now mainly due to North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. The United States stations 28,500 troops in South Korea to deter potential aggression from North Korea.

Source: Washington Post May 25, 2017 03:33 UTC