Wire: South Korea Returns Fire from North

Off the Wire:

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2010 -- Newswire services this evening reported that South Korea has returned fire after North Korea shot several artillery rounds into waters near a disputed sea border with the South on Wednesday, Yonhap news agency quoted an unnamed military source as saying.

The Reuters news agency said that North Korea on Tuesday declared a no-sail zone in the waters off its west coast, according to media reports in the South.

(Report from newswire sources.)