North Korea fired shots across its border with South Korea — just hours after Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance since rumors of his death.

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• North and South Korea briefly exchanged fire their troubled border Sunday, just hours after Kim Jong Un made his first appearance in public for several weeks after rumors of his possible death.
• South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a Sunday statement that at 7.41 a.m. local time that multiple shots were fired from the North Korean side of the border towards a guard post in the south.
• South Korean military personnel said they responded to the shots by returning "two rounds of gunfire and a warning announcement according to our manual."
• On Saturday, Kim Jong Un seemed to make his first appearance in public since rumors that he had died, or was gravely ill, circulated last week. He opened a fertilizer plant in Pyongyang, state media reported.
• One media report suggested that Kim will use his return to unleash a wave of executions in his homeland, and begin military saber-rattling against western powers.
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North and South Korean forces briefly exchanged fire across the warring nations' troubled border Sunday, just hours after Kim Jong Un made his appearance in public for several weeks after rumors of his possible death.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a Sunday statement that at 7.41 a.m. local time that multiple shots were fired from the North Korean side of the border towards a guard post in the south.

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