<div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col"><div class="article-detail-headline"><h1 class="article-detail_title" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(World Today Sunday 03 May 2020)</span></h1><h1 class="article-detail_title" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">North and South Korea exchange gunfire across boarder at guard post</span></h1><!----><!----></div></div></div></div><div class="container"></div><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col"><div class="article-detail-published-social article-detail_byline"><div class="row align-items-center"><div class="col"><div class="article-detail_bytime"><div class="article-detail_bylinepublish"><br></div><div class="article-detail_bylineupdate">Updated 03 May, 2020</div><div class="article-detail_bylineupdate"><br></div><div class="article-detail_bylineupdate"><br></div></div></div><a title="LinkedIn" class="social-link addthis_button_linkedin at300b" href="https://www.todayonline.com/world/south-korea-says-multiple-gunshots-fired-north-korea-towards-guard-post-near-border#" target="_blank"><div class="fa fa-linkedin" aria-hidden="true"></div></a><div class="atclear"></div></div></div></div></div></div><!----><!----><!----><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col"><div class="article-detail_body"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">SEOUL </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">- North and South Korea exchanged gunfire around the South's guard post early on Sunday, raising tension a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended an almost three-week absence from public life with state media showing him visiting a factory. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Multiple gunshots were fired from North Korea at 7:41 a.m. local time towards a guard post in South Korea that borders the North, the South's joint chiefs of staffs said in a statement. </span></p><aside class="today-ad-imu ad-imu1 ad-bg col" style="display: none;"><h6><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Advertisement</span></h6><div id="div-gpt-ad-outstream" data-google-query-id="CMvO5snglukCFVHVfAodrfoOtA"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/4654/Today_online/world/outstream_0__container__" style="border: 0pt currentColor; border-image: none;"><iframe name="google_ads_iframe_/4654/Today_online/world/outstream_0" width="640" height="360" title="3rd party ad content" id="google_ads_iframe_/4654/Today_online/world/outstream_0" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="margin: 0px auto; border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; vertical-align: bottom;" data-load-complete="true" data-google-container-id="f"></iframe></div></div></aside><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">South Korea responded by firing two shots towards North Korea, no injuries were reported. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">After weeks of intense speculation about Kim's health and whereabouts, the country's official media published photographs and a report on Saturday that Kim had attended the completion of a fertiliser plant, the first report of his appearance since April 11. </span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">REUTERS</span></strong><br></p></div></div></div></div><p><br></p>
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