This picture taken on August 10, 2022 and released from DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency on Aug 14, 2022 shows Kim Yo-jong, vice-department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, speaking at the National Emergency Prevention General Meeting in Pyongyang. (KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)

SEOUL - Kim Yo-jong, vice-department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, said the DPRK forces detonated explosives on Saturday, instead of artillery shelling as claimed by the Republic of Korea, the official Korean Central News Agency reported on Sunday.

Kim said the detonation of explosives imitating the sound of naval artillery shells was aimed to watch how the ROK military would respond, KCNA said.

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There has been no immediate comments available in ROK in response to Kim's remarks.