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<p>On 31 March 2014, during a pre-planned and pre-advised live-fire exercise, a small
number of artillery shells from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea landed in
waters south of the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the Yellow Sea. The Republic of Korea
military responded with its own artillery fire into waters on the northern side of
the NLL. There were no reported casualties.</p><p>We have been monitoring the situation
closely and are in contact with international partners. The situation is currently
calmer but tensions remain high. In a Written Ministerial Statement on 31 March, the
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member
for East Devon (Mr Swire), urged both sides to exercise restraint and not to retaliate
further.</p>
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