Koreas exchange fire across border, Seoul says

PanARMENIAN.Net - North and South Koreas exchanged fire across their tense border Friday, Oct 10, Seoul's military said, after the North launched shots toward balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets floated by South Korean civic activists, Yonhap news agency reported.

According to South Korean military officials, some of the North Korean shots landed south of the border, prompting the South's military to fire back in response.

No further details, including whether there were casualties on both sides, were immediately available, Yonhap said.

Earlier on Friday, a group of South Korean activists flew anti-North Korean leaflets in balloons. The day marks the 69th anniversary of the founding of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea.

Pyongyang had warned through its official Korean Central News Agency on Thursday that Seoul would face "uncontrollable catastrophe" unless the leaflet campaign is stopped.