South Korea fires warning shots at suspected North Korean drone

South Korea&#039;s president urges tough sanctions against North Korea, hours before a drone flew across the border — (Image credit: Jeon Heon-Kyun-Pool/Getty Images)

On Wednesday, South Korea fired shots at an "unidentified flying object" seen flying over the country's heavily militarized border with North Korean, a South Korean military official tells Reuters. South Korea's Yonhap news agency identified the object as a drone and said it returned to North Korea after about 20 rounds from a machine gun. The warning shots come amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula after Pyongyang tested some sort of nuclear device last week. Earlier Wednesday, South Korean President Park Geun-hye (pictured) urged China, North Korea's only real ally, to help enact the strongest possible sanctions against Pyongyang as punishment for the nuclear test.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.