Local residents head for shelter after North's shelling

Local residents head for shelter after North's shelling

Local residents head for the entrance of a shelter in Yeoncheon County in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province on Aug. 24, 2015, while high level-talks between North Korea and South Korea to defuse heightened tensions were underway. The North fired a shell over the South's western border on Aug. 20. The some 30 evacuees in the shelter, north of Seoul, seemed to be exhausted. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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