--- description: One day after Pyongyang angered the West with a satellite launch title: North Korea: Boat Fired on By South Korea in Warning Shot image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53b25f0828f3d9bd/69887c918e0601129b4647f2/south-korean-soldiers-north-korean-rocket-launch.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 # South Korea Fires Warning Shots at North Korean Boat by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 8, 2016 12:59 PM CUT  South Korean army soldiers watch a TV news program with a file footage about North Korea's rocket launch at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on Feb. 7, 2016. South Korean army soldiers watch a TV news program with a file footage about North Korea's rocket launch at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on Feb. 7, 2016.Ahn Young-joon—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 8, 2016 12:59 PM CUT Tensions on the Korean peninsula [flared again Monday](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-korea-fires-warning-shots-north-s-boat-one-day-n513451?cid=sm%5Ftw&hootPostID=f5a21f67304aef4bb91d842c39725703 "undefined") as South Korea fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat, one day after Pyongyang [provoked international condemnation ](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-launches-long-range-rocket-south-says-n512891 "undefined")with a controversial satellite launch. The South fired the shots and broadcast loudspeaker messages at the Northern vessel after it crossed a maritime boundary known as the Northern Limit Line, an official from the South’s defense ministry said on condition of anonymity. The Northern vessel crossed the line in the Yellow Sea at around 6:55 a.m. (4:55 p.m. ET Sunday) and retreated about 20 minutes later following the shots and messages, the official added, saying that … [Read more from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-korea-fires-warning-shots-north-s-boat-one-day-n513451?cid=sm%5Ftw&hootPostID=f5a21f67304aef4bb91d842c39725703 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4211791/north-korea-warning-shots-satellite/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4211791/north-korea-warning-shots-satellite/"},"headline":"South Korea Fires Warning Shots at North Korean Boat","datePublished":"2016-02-08T12:59:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:51:41.398Z","description":"One day after Pyongyang angered the West with a satellite launch","url":"https://time.com/4211791/north-korea-warning-shots-satellite/","keywords":["North Korea"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53b25f0828f3d9bd/69887c918e0601129b4647f2/south-korean-soldiers-north-korean-rocket-launch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53b25f0828f3d9bd/69887c918e0601129b4647f2/south-korean-soldiers-north-korean-rocket-launch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"APTOPIX South Korea North Korea Rocket Launch","caption":"South Korean army soldiers watch a TV news program with a file footage about North Korea's rocket launch at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on Feb. 7, 2016.","creditText":"Ahn Young-joon—AP","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/4211791/north-korea-warning-shots-satellite/","name":"South Korea Fires Warning Shots at North Korean Boat"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME Raw: Responses to the North Korea Rocket Launch","description":"North Korea on Sunday defied international warnings and launched a long-range rocket that the United Nations and others call a cover for a banned test of technology for a missile that could strike the U.S. mainland.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/KxYEmX5i/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-02-08T15:51:56.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KxYEmX5i.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4211791/north-korea-warning-shots-satellite/","duration":"PT1M42S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4211791/north-korea-warning-shots-satellite/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```