South Korea holds live-fire drill after North's shelling near islands

Tensions between both sides spike following exchanges of harsh words

STEVEN BOROWIEC, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- South Korea carried out a live-fire exercise in response to what it called a "provocation" after shelling by the North spurred evacuation of two frontline South Korean islands in the Yellow Sea on Friday.

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