<p>Seoul: North Korea fired more than 60 artillery rounds near a disputed maritime border with South Korea on Saturday, the South Korean military said.</p><p>The action follows North Korea firing more than 200 artillery rounds on Friday in the same region, as tension continues to escalate between the two Koreas.</p><p>The artillery was fired around the northwest of Yeonpyeong island around 1600-1700 KST (0700-0800 GMT), South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement.</p><p>The JCS "strongly urged" North Korea to stop acts that threaten peace on the Korean Peninsula.</p>.South Korea evacuates islands after North Korea fires artillery nearby.<p>The artillery shells landed north of the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto sea boundary between the two Koreas, <em>Yonhap</em> news agency said, citing the JCS.</p><p>Unlike Friday, the South Korean military does not plan to fire at sea in response to North Korea's provocation, <em>Yonhap</em> reported.</p>
<p>Seoul: North Korea fired more than 60 artillery rounds near a disputed maritime border with South Korea on Saturday, the South Korean military said.</p><p>The action follows North Korea firing more than 200 artillery rounds on Friday in the same region, as tension continues to escalate between the two Koreas.</p><p>The artillery was fired around the northwest of Yeonpyeong island around 1600-1700 KST (0700-0800 GMT), South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement.</p><p>The JCS "strongly urged" North Korea to stop acts that threaten peace on the Korean Peninsula.</p>.South Korea evacuates islands after North Korea fires artillery nearby.<p>The artillery shells landed north of the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto sea boundary between the two Koreas, <em>Yonhap</em> news agency said, citing the JCS.</p><p>Unlike Friday, the South Korean military does not plan to fire at sea in response to North Korea's provocation, <em>Yonhap</em> reported.</p>