The North Korean army will immediately respond to any provocation, Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said today.
She made the comments after South Korea's military said North Korea fired more than 60 artillery shells near the sea border in the west yesterday, and more than 200 the day before.
"To be clear once again, the trigger of our military is already unlocked. Our military will respond with a baptism of fire in case of even a small provocation," Kim Yo Jong said, according to the state news agency KCNA.
South Korea held drills at sea on Friday in response to artillery shells, Reuters reports.
Residents of South Korean border islands were warned at the time to go to shelters, although there was no information that shells were crossing the sea border.
Kim denied that Pyongyang fired shells yesterday and claimed that the detonated explosives were a hoax.
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