SEOUL: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired artillery Thursday toward waters near the disputed maritime border called for the third time within two days, Seoul's Yonhap News Agency reported.

The DPRK fired several artillery shells at 08:05 am local time (2305 GMT, Wednesday) into waters near the contentious sea border called Northern Limit Line (NLL) off the west coast of the Korean peninsula, according to Yonhap.