Confrontation comes amid widespread speculation over the health and power of Kim Jong-un
North and South Korea exchanged land fire today, Yonhap news agency reports, after a group of South Korean activists launched propaganda balloons across the border. South Korean military officials tell Yonhap that North Korea targeted the balloons and that the South Korean army returned fire after some shots landed on their side of the border. The two sides exchanged machine gun fire, though there as yet no reported casualties.
He was not in attendance at today's celebration, and North Korean state-run media have said only that Kim is suffering from an unspecified physical condition. The ten ballons were launched from the city of Paju and contained 200,000 leaflets condemning Kim and his regime. They also contained 400 DVDs and 300 books about life in South Korea, as well as $1,000 in cash. A group of North Korean defectors used the same tactic in January.
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