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According to South Korean reports, North Korea’s military has fired more than 200 artillery shells near the disputed maritime border between the two states. The shells fell into the Yellow Sea north of the maritime border known as the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the General Staff in South Korea announced on Friday. The shells did not cause any damage. The South Korean news agency Yonhap had previously reported that the military had asked the residents of Yeonpyeong Island, which is close to the border, to take shelter as a precautionary measure. The island off the west coast was the target of a…