South Korea says North Korea fired the sea near the northern boundary of the hundreds of artillery shells

South Korea's Defense Ministry press office told Xinhua on the afternoon of 9 confirmed that the DPRK on the Korean Peninsula that afternoon to South Korea to designate the western waters of the "northern boundary" waters north of more than 100 rounds fired.

The official said North Korea 5:30 p.m. local time (GMT 16:30) so near to paekyong "northern boundary" around a dozen rounds fired close to 18 o'clock to taeyonpyong "northern boundary "fired around 100 rounds.

The official said the artillery shells do not cross the "northern boundary", South Korea without any damage. In view of this, the South Korean military conducted a traffic warning, and close attention to the movements of North Korea.

9 is a separate South Korean territorial waters in the west at 5-day anti-submarine exercises of the last day. North Korea has previously warned against the ROK's military exercise, the DPRK will "self-defense, firing the corresponding" response.

Koreas in the Korean peninsula on the western sea border demarcation has been divided. South Korea has unilaterally set a "northern boundary", but North Korea has not been recognized. North Korea set to sea in 1999 than in the ROK military demarcation line "northern boundary" is more southerly.