North Korea fires hundreds of artillery rounds into disputed area with South Korea

North Korea conducted yet another round of artillery fun and games by firing over 200 artillery shells near its disputed border with South Korea.

South Korean intelligence estimates more than 200 shells fired into the area on Friday and an additional 60 rounds of artillery on Saturday. 

In response to the hermit kingdom, South Korea responded with about 400 rounds back at them, the SoKo Defense Ministry reported.

South Korean military officials are in contact with the U.S. and both countries are monitoring the situation as it appears to be incessantly escalating.

"We gravely warn that the entire responsibility of such crisis-escalating situations lies with North Korea and strongly call for its immediate halt," South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman Col. Lee Sung-jun said at a Friday press conference.

Lee continued, "Under close coordination between South Korea and the United States, our military is tracking and monitoring related activity, and will conduct corresponding measures to North Korea's provocations."

So it seems as if the world is on its last legs with all the divisiveness, anger, and the accepted anti-Semitism.

The western sea border between North Korean and South Korean territory has been the site of multiple skirmishes since the end of the Korean War. In 2010, North Korea allegedly torpedoed a warship owned by the South, killing 46 sailors.

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