The tense face-off between South Korean and North Korean forces back in March was much closer to starting an all-out war than initially speculated, according to a new report from News World, a newspaper founded in New York by South Korea's Unification Church founder and leader Sun Myung Moon.
On March 31, the North and South fired hundreds of artillery shells across their disputed western sea border a day after the North threatened to conduct more nuclear tests. Reports said the North fired more than 500 shells and projectiles, 100 of which flew across the disputed border and fell into South Korean-controlled waters near Baengnyeong Island, while the South fired more than 300 shells into North Korean waters in return.
The News World article says that there were also more than 10 fighter jets from each side circling the area during the confrontation, including an incident when two MiG-29 fighter jets from the Korean People's Air Force flew near the northern border and were intercepted by two F-15s from the Republic of Korea Air Force.
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