SEOUL: North Korea held a live-fire drill near its maritime border with South Korea on Tuesday, with Seoul vowing a “strong” response if any shells fall on its side of the disputed boundary.

A similar exercise a month ago resulted in the two rivals firing hundreds of artillery shells into each other’s territorial waters.

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