--- description: The South Korean military says it is “fully prepared” for North Korea’s second live-fire drill in less than a month title: North Korea Holds Live-Fire Drill by Disputed Southern Maritime Border image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt202e86a47da53fc4/69868cf01eebf7dfaf370a63/kim-jong-un1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # North Korea Holds Live-Fire Drill Near Disputed Maritime Border by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 29, 2014 8:05 AM CUT  Undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on April 26, 2014 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting a shelling drill of an artillery sub-unit under Korean People's Army Unit 681 at undisclosed place in North Korea. Undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on April 26, 2014 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting a shelling drill of an artillery sub-unit under Korean People's Army Unit 681 at undisclosed place in North Korea.KNS/AFP/Getty Images by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 29, 2014 8:05 AM CUT _Updated: Tuesday, 7:13 a.m. ET_ North Korea [conducted](http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140429000630 "undefined") live-fire exercises near its disputed maritime border with South Korea, launching rockets into the sea. The drill started five hours after Pyongyang sent a fax to Seoul on Tuesday announcing its intention to start firing, the _Korea Herald_ reports. The exercises follow a similar drill in late March, which caused the exchange of hundreds of artillery shells between the two adversaries. “The North notified us there would be live-fire drills today north of the \[border\] near Yeonpyeong and Baengnyeong islands,” a Defense Ministry spokesman [told](http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-hold-sea-border-live-fire-drill-014452974.html;%5Fylt=Agp5ru21QcU5OYn6pV9JWCrQtDMD;%5Fylu=X3oDMTBsanZicWdrBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHNlYwNzcg-- "undefined") AFP. The South Korean military was “fully prepared” for the drill, he added. South Koreans living on or fishing near the islands have been told to evacuate to safe areas until the exercises cease. The drill begins days after South Korea [warned](http://time.com/71454/seoul-warns-of-possible-north-korea-nuke-test-as-obama-flies-to-east-asia/ "undefined") that increased activity at a nuclear test site suggested Kim Jong Un’s regime may be preparing to conduct another nuclear test. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/80573/north-korea-fire-drill/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/80573/north-korea-fire-drill/"},"headline":"North Korea Holds Live-Fire Drill Near Disputed Maritime Border","datePublished":"2014-04-29T08:05:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:32:59.988Z","description":"North Korea conducted live-fire exercises near its disputed maritime border with South Korea on Tuesday, five hours after notifying Seoul of its intention to do so and just weeks after a similar drill caused the exchange of hundreds of artillery shells between the adversaries","url":"https://time.com/80573/north-korea-fire-drill/","keywords":["North Korea","South Korea","East Asia","Asia","pyongyang"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt202e86a47da53fc4/69868cf01eebf7dfaf370a63/kim-jong-un1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michelle Arrouas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/michelle-arrouas/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt202e86a47da53fc4/69868cf01eebf7dfaf370a63/kim-jong-un1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on April 26, 2014 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting a shelling drill of an artillery sub-unit under Korean People's Army Unit 681 at undisclosed place in North","caption":"Undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on April 26, 2014 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting a shelling drill of an artillery sub-unit under Korean People's Army Unit 681 at undisclosed place in North","creditText":"KNS/AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/80573/north-korea-fire-drill/","name":"North Korea Holds Live-Fire Drill Near Disputed Maritime Border"}}]}] ```