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View of North Korea and South Korea's border area from the South's Paju city. Seoul's military said Tuesday it had fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border this week, with tensions high over Pyongyang's trash-carrying balloons and Seoul's loudspeaker propaganda campaigns. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken lands in Seoul, South Korea, where he will meet his South Korean counterpart Park Jin to discuss issues including nuclear-armed North Korea, according to Seoul's foreign ministry. IMAGES
Images of South Korea's eastern island of Ulleungdo -- where residents were warned to seek shelter after one of Pyongyang's short-range ballistic missiles crossed the de facto maritime border. IMAGES
Images of the Panmunjom, Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), and North Korea seen from South Korea. North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) over Japan on Tuesday, prompting Tokyo to activate the country's missile alert system and order people to take shelter. The last time North Korea fired a missile over Japan was in 2017, at the height of a period of "fire and fury" when Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un traded insults with then-US president Donald Trump. South Korea's military said it had detected the launch of an IRBM, which flew around 4,500 km (2800 miles) at an altitude of about 970 km and speeds of around Mach 17. IMAGES
King Charles III and Prince William shake hands with people who are waiting in the queue to visit the late Queen Elizabeth II who is lying in state. Earlier, King Charles III and Prince William, Prince of Wales left a London police station after meeting and thanking emergency workers and volunteers for their support ahead of the late Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday. IMAGES