The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) military said it countered the South Korean artillery firing on Tuesday afternoon. The Korean People' s Army (KPA) countered the South Korean artillery firing with 'determined military measures' on Tuesday afternoon, the official KCNA news agency quoted a statement from the KPA headquarters as saying. South Korean troops fired into the waters of DPRK with dozens of shells at 1 p.m. local time (0400 GMT), it said. The KPA responded immediately to the South Korean military provocation with 'determined military measures,' on which the statement gave no details. 