Twenty-eight years ago today, on July 16th, 1997 (June 12th, 1997 in the lunar calendar), an armed conflict broke out between the DPRK and the ROK. There was a military conflict between the DPRK and the ROK near the military demarcation line, which lasted for 20 minutes. On July 16, 1997, an armed conflict broke out between the Korean People's Army and the South Korean army near the Korean Armistice Military Demarcation Line. According to the Korean Central News Agency, "At about 10:50 this morning, when the patrol troops of the Korean People's Army were performing normal patrols in the northern area of the military demarcation line, armed men of the South Korean army suddenly fired more than 3,060 shells with recoilless guns and 12.7 mm large-caliber machine guns, causing serious injuries to the People's Army soldiers and damage to the post buildings." The report said: "The Korean People's Army was forced to take self-defense measures. There were no casualties on the South Korean side. "