North, South Korean officials meet at border after shooting

North and South Korean officials met at Panmunjon, a guarded border town, Saturday to ease tension between the two nations, which have technically been at war since the 1950s. The move comes two days after the countries exchanged fire over their heavily armed border.

Each country sent two top officials to the meeting, the Los Angeles Times reports.

The shooting started when North Korea fired a shell at a loudspeaker South Korea was using to broadcast anti-Pyongyang propaganda across the border. The communist North had threatened war if the South didn't shut off the loudspeaker, but the deadline reportedly passed without incident.

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