A Sri Lankan worker Siyam Mohamed, 25, cooks lunch on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, January 9, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea (Reuters) - Sri Lankans Siyam Mohamed and MJ Nimshan Dananjaya hadn't realised how close South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island is to North Korea when they arrived in November to work catching crabs.
They had a rude awakening on Friday, however, when alerts sounded on their phones - indecipherable as they don't read Korean - followed by the boom of artillery fire.
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