North Korea fired roughly 200 artillery shells into a maritime border zone west of South Korea, causing evacuations of the meagerly populated South Korean islands of Yeonpyeong and Baengnyeong, Yonhap News Agency reported on Jan. 5. In response, South Korean artillery units on those islands fired back 400 shells into the maritime border zone.
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