Title: Kim Jong Un Declares ‘Quasi-State of War’ with S. Korea

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/412/Video_Jul_20__9_53_29_AM.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Kim Jong Un Declares Quasi-State of War with S. Korea' data-article-id='752'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='14521'>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed his military on high alert and declared a “quasi-state of war in areas near the country’s border with South Korea Friday. </span> <span data-start-time='14521' data-end-time='23167'>The action took place after North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near the border.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='23167' data-end-time='37000'>The Korean Central News Agency reported that Mr. Kim said frontline groups would enter a wartime state starting at 5:00 p.m. local time Friday.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='37000' data-end-time='44958'>North Korea has made similar declarations in 2010 and 2013. </span> <span data-start-time='44958' data-end-time='48750'>The two Koreas are technically at war. </span> <span data-start-time='48750' data-end-time='56521'>The truce that ended the Korean War in the 1950s did not become a peace treaty.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='56521' data-end-time='67917'>Tensions increased Thursday when North Korea fired artillery at South Korean military positions along the western border. </span> <span data-start-time='67917' data-end-time='73583'>The South responded by launching artillery rounds at the North. </span> <span data-start-time='73583' data-end-time='88979'>The artillery shells appeared to have fallen into the demilitarized zone, or DMZ, separating the two Koreas. 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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed his military on high alert and declared a “quasi-state of war in areas near the country’s border with South Korea Friday. The action took place after North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near the border.

The Korean Central News Agency reported that Mr. Kim said frontline groups would enter a wartime state starting at 5:00 p.m. local time Friday.

North Korea has made similar declarations in 2010 and 2013. The two Koreas are technically at war. The truce that ended the Korean War in the 1950s did not become a peace treaty.

Tensions increased Thursday when North Korea fired artillery at South Korean military positions along the western border. The South responded by launching artillery rounds at the North. The artillery shells appeared to have fallen into the demilitarized zone, or DMZ, separating the two Koreas. Neither side reported damage or injuries.

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