Gunfire reported at the DMZ (Via. LFG)

SEOUL, South Korea — Soldiers from North Korea and South Korea exchanged fire along their border late Monday, but no one was hurt, a South Korean military official said Tuesday.

The incident happened shortly before sunset when North Korean soldiers fired two bullets toward a South Korean guard post in the eastern part of the Demilitarized Zone, said Maj. Kim Tae-hoon of the Joint Chiefs of Staff office.

South Korean soldiers immediately fired back six rounds, Kim said.

He said South Korea doesn’t know what prompted the North troops to open fire and the secretive communist country hasn’t said anything to the South about it.

The only reason tourists go to North Korea got cancelled

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has canceled its mass games spectacle, where it celebrates its military might and communist ideology, because of flooding that hit the impoverished country this month, a South Korean official said on Monday.

The 80-minute performances that are part rhythmic gymnastics floor show, part military parade and part circus act were scheduled to start on August 15 and run through mid-October.

“The Arirang mass games have been canceled,” a Unification Ministry official said by telephone.

Oh well. If that meant someone’s vacation plans got ruined (or change to somewhere less communist, like Cuba), it’s money well saved.

Update: Oh well.

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