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Kim oversees missile tests as N Korea boosts maritime security
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test firing of a "new-type surface-to-sea missile", state media reported Thursday, part of a purported fresh drive to ramp up maritime border security.
North Korea fires artillery shells near South Korean islands
North Korea fired more than 200 artillery shells near two South Korean islands on Friday, Seoul's defence ministry said, warning the actions threatened peace and it would respond.
Residents on the two islands were ordered to evacuate, in one of the most serious military escalations between the two Koreas since the North fired a barrage of shells at one of the islands in 2010.
North Korean Man Saved Himself from Kim Jong Un by Swimming
A citizen of North Korea escaped the regime in his native country by swimming. The young man took the path by sea to South Korea, the Local Agency Jonhap announced.
The South Korean Sea Patrol spotted the floating fugitive near the sea border on the northern demarcation line with the DPRK in the Yellow Sea and headed towards him to help. The swimmer was about 20 years old.