Artillery firing into the offshore buffer zone for two consecutive days… North Korea's intention

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North Korea fired artillery into the maritime buffer zone, where shooting is prohibited in accordance with the September 19 inter-Korean military agreement, for two days in a row.

At the same time, he made a counter-argument that it was a warning in response to the ROK-US artillery training.

What is North Korea's intention, Kim Tae-hoon, a defense reporter, reports.

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North Korean military fired about 100 multiple rocket launchers into the East Sea from Goseong, Gangwon-do, from 10:00 am to late in the afternoon yesterday (6th).

The North Korean army's projectiles fell into the maritime buffer zone, where shooting was prohibited according to the 9/19 inter-Korean military agreement.

The North Korean military said, "There is a situation where the enemy is firing artillery in the vicinity of the front line, so we have ordered live ammunition to be fired at the sea for the purpose of warning a strong response."

The North Korean army fired in violation of the 9/19 agreement using the fact that the ROK and US Army fired multiple launch rockets and self-propelled artillery in the Cheorwon area, south of the buffer zone, in compliance with the 9/19 agreement.

The North Korean military fired 130 projectiles into the maritime buffer zone in the East and West Seas the day before yesterday, blaming the ROK-US combined artillery training.

There were provocations to fire at the maritime buffer zone and to fault South Korean drills on October 14, 18 and 19 as well.

Even at that time, US forces were conducting shooting training in Cheorwon, and the USFK released an unusual training video, saying that it was routine training in compliance with the 9/19 agreement.

[Moon Seong-mook/Director, Center for Unification Strategy, Korea Institute for National Strategy: (North Korea's new provocation) has an impure intention to shrink the joint training and weaken the readiness posture, and it abuses it to heighten tension...

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Some in the military analyze that North Korea is constantly trying to increase the fatigue of our military by repeating provocations by firing artillery into the maritime buffer zone.