North Korea has fired several artillery...

Yeonpyeong Island is located about 80 kilometers (about 50 miles) west of South Korea"s mainland, but only 12 km (7.5 miles) from North Korea"s coast.

"The shells fell in the waters north of the Northern Limit Line (NLL), de facto inter-Korean maritime border," Yonhap said citing South Korean officials.

North and South Korea previously exchanged artillery fire in the Yellow Sea on Wednesday, a day after Pyongyang declared the border area a "no-sail" zone from January 25 until March 29.

The North Korean People"s Army General Staff later confirmed the report, saying it was part of an "annual" drill.

The exchange of fire was carried out by land-based artillery on both sides and reportedly caused neither casualties nor damage. No naval vessels were involved.

South Korea described the North"s firing as a "grave provocation" that undermined the truce between the two sides and urged the communist neighbor to cancel its Tuesday"s declaration of a "no-sail"

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