Koreans Face Off

South Koreans fired warning shots over the heads of North Korean soldiers today at the demilitarized zone between the two countries.

From the BBC:
"One Southern military source, speaking anonymously to The Associated Press, said it was unclear whether the intrusion was 'intentional or whether it was to catch fish'."

"We saw them advancing and it appeared they were armed with long, narrow poles of some sort," the source went on to say. "They could have been fishing poles, but they might just have well been some kind of new-fangled rifle. Then, when we saw they were also equipped with woven rattan baskets attached to their waists, we figured they might be carrying radio controlled mini-nukes and that the pole-like things might be antennae for the trigger system. You never know."

After being fired upon, the North Korean soldiers retreated the thirty yards back to their side of the DMZ, possibly to regroup and rethink their strategy.

Tension has been high between the two countries ever since this week's announcement from North Korea that it was preparing to test a nuclear weapon. South Koreans have been told to be on the lookout for suspicious activity, such as incoming rockets or young North Koreans with nuclear bombs strapped to their bodies.