North Korean soldiers use binoculars to observe their southern counterparts. A North Korean patrol boat was set ablaze after exchanging fire with South Korea's navy, as cross-border tensions rose a week before a scheduled US presidential visit. (AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)Korean Warships Clash Near Disputed Sea Border -- Yahoo News/AFP
SEOUL (AFP) – A North Korean patrol boat was set ablaze after exchanging fire with South Korea's navy on Tuesday, Seoul officials said, as cross-border tensions rose a week before a scheduled US presidential visit.
The two sides blamed each other for the clash, the first for seven years near the disputed Yellow Sea border.
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