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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea today called South Korea’s claim of an artillery exchange between the rivals “preposterous,” saying a frightened South mistook construction noise for artillery when it accused Pyongyang of opening fire near the rivals’ disputed maritime line.
North Korea said in a statement that the South overreacted to “normal blasting” from a North Korean construction project “aimed at improving the standard of people’s living.”
South Korean defense officials said marines returned fire Wednesday after North Korea launched artillery shells into the same waters that saw a deadly artillery exchange between the countries in November.
