SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL — North Korea’s state-run news agency said Saturday that the country’s plans to resume high-level government talks with South Korea were in danger of being canceled after troops from both sides exchanged gunfire across the border. North Korea opened fire after activists in the South sent balloons sailing across the border with leaflets criticizing the North’s government. The news agency called the leaflets “an intolerable political provocation.” (New York Times)
PAKISTAN
7 die in stampede at opposition rally
ISLAMABAD — A stampede at an antigovernment rally in central Pakistan killed seven supporters of an opposition politician, officials said Saturday. The stampede occurred at a Multan stadium late Friday. It was the second deadly incident related to protests led by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan. (AP)