The longstanding tensions between the two countries have been heightened in recent weeks, with South Korea transmitting aggressive propaganda broadcasts in response to North Korea holding bizarre stunts.The two countries have a dividing demilitarised zone between them, in the middle of which is the military demarcation line , which serves as the border.The incursion across the border by about 30 North Korean troops working in the DMZ took place at about 12.30pm local time on Sunday.
The two countries were created by the Korean War, which lasted from June 1950-July 1953.Korea had been part of the Japanese Empire before the Second World War, and was subsequently divided by the US and the Soviet Union.Although there were plans for it to become its own single, independent country, both South and North Korea formed their own governments in the late 1940s.
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