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The situation between the two Koreas escalates, fighter jets are launched near the border

New tensions are flaring between the Koreas, with the North flying warplanes near their shared border while the South holds an artillery drill.

North Korean jets approached the no-fly zone on the border between 22pm on Thursday and 30am on Friday, according to the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), in a move that Pyongyang only followed up on. hours later with the 12th missile launch of the year, CNN reported Friday.

At one point, the North's jets were just 12 kilometers from the northern border of the Military Demarcation Line that runs down the center of the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas, the JCS said.

South Korea responded with fighter jets, including its best F-35s.

North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency said the actions were in response to 10 hours of South Korean artillery drills near the border.