Seoul, South Korea – South Korean forces fired warning shots at a North Korean merchant vessel that crossed the disputed sea border between the two countries in the Yellow Sea for up to an hour, officials said.

The North Korean vessel crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL) near the South Korean border island of Baengnyeong at about 5am local time on Friday (20:00 GMT) and remained on the southern side of the maritime frontier for an hour while also advancing up to 5km (3.1 miles) south of the demarcation line, South Korea’s military said.

“Our military broadcasted a warning and fired warning shots, after which the North Korean merchant ship retreated from our territorial waters,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement.

“Our military closely monitored North Korea

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