Posted on 08/20/2015 10:38:24 AM PDT by BenLurkin
President Park Geun-hye Thursday ordered the military to maintain a strong defense posture against North Korea after South and North Korea exchanged fire in the western border, Cheong Wa Dae said.
"President Park presided over a National Security Council (NSC) meeting at 6 p.m. and was debriefed about the North's fire from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, defense minister and the head of the National Security Office," presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook said in a briefing.
It was the first time for Park to preside over a NSC meeting.
Initially, National Security Office chief Kim Kwan-jin planned to preside over the NSC meeting, but considering the seriousness of the issue, Park chaired it in an underground bunker at Cheong Wa Dae.
"She also said during the 40-minute meeting that the government needs to ensure the safety of those who reside near the border area," Min added.
According to the spokesman, Park received the first report about the provocation at 5 p.m. and immediately ordered to convene the NSC meeting.
Earlier in the day, the South Korean military's radar system detected North Korea firing a shell toward Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province and the North also fired several more shells at the southern side of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to protest against the South broadcasting propaganda messages, according to the defense ministry. In response, the South Korean military countered by firing a few dozen shells
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Ping!
It’s getting very hot at the DMZ.
let’s have a war?
OH Snap
Watching closely.
I order them to be space warp ready!
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