The Military Armistice Commission of the United Nations Command is said to dispatch a special investigation team to the ROK military surveillance post (GP) in the DMZ today (4th).

A military source said the UN Security Forces' investigation team will conduct a field investigation today on the Korean GP where the bullets and warheads were found.

The UNC will visit the GP and conduct investigations into the situation of the situation and the shooting of the South Korean forces at the time of being shot by a bullet from the North, and conclude that it will violate the Armistice Agreement.

Earlier yesterday, at 7:41 am, four shots were fired from the North against the outer wall of a friendly GP in the Demilitarized Zone in Gangwon-do.

When a GP worker heard the gunfire and checked the surroundings, four bullets and warheads were found.

The North Korean military is deploying heavy weapons such as 14.5 mm anti-aircraft guns and recoilless guns to the GP.

The bullet discovered this time is said to be 14.5 mm.

The military judged that the fire was being carried out by a firearm operated by the North Korean GP, ​​and fired a warning twice over 10 times.

The military is known to have deployed K-6 machine guns and K-4 high-speed grenade machine guns in its GP.

The Ministry of National Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff believe the incident occurred accidentally at the North Korean GP.

A military source said, "When the gunfire was heard, it was the shift time of the North Korean GP, ​​there was heavy fog, and there were daily farming activities near the GP." It's done. "

Immediately after the incident, the Ministry of National Defense sent a traditional statement to North Korea in the name of the South Korean chief of the South Korean generals military talks, urging North Korea to apologize and prevent recurrence.

However, the North has yet to respond.

The '19 / 19 Military Agreement on North and South Korea 'has set a buffer zone of 10 km width to the north and south of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) to stop hostilities to prevent accidental collisions, such as fire shooting.

The North and South GPs in the DMZ are aiming at each other, so there are many cases of accidents due to firearm maintenance.

In April 2016, two K-6 heavy machine guns were accidentally fired from the GP of the Eastern Front and flew to the north.

At that time, three announcements were made to the North Korean military GP, saying "Missing during equipment maintenance."

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