SEOUL, January 6. /TASS/. Pyongyang fired about 60 shells from the western coast toward the Yellow Sea, Yonhap reported, citing the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.

According to the report, artillery fired shells for an hour starting from 7 a.m. GMT. The shells splashed into the maritime buffer zone north of the Northern Limit Line. Seoul regards the line, which was set by an inter-Korean military agreement dating back to September 19, 2018, as the de facto maritime border. Pyongyang earlier declined to honor the agreement, as Seoul stopped following some of the deal’s provisions.

On Friday, North Korea fired about 200 artillery shells toward two South Korean islands of Yeonpyeong and Baengnyeong in the Yellow Sea. That prompted the South Korean military to stage its own fire drills in response, with 400 artillery shots fired..

The South Korean military does not plan to conduct a firing exercise in response on Saturday.