NEW : A South Korean military official tells CNN two soldiers fired at the plane . Yonhap : Seoul , South Korea ( CNN ) -- Two South Korean soldiers fired at a civilian airplane after mistaking it for an aircraft from North Korea , a South Korean military official said Saturday . The incident occurred in a remote area of North Korea near the border with China, and was not related to any recent conflict between Seoul and Pyongyang, said Kim Min-seok, spokesman for Seoul's Joint Chiefs
NEW : A South Korean military official tells CNN two soldiers fired at the plane . Yonhap : The incident occurred in a remote area of North Korea near the border with China, and was not related to any recent conflict between Seoul and Pyongyang, said Kim Min-seok, spokesman for Seoul's Joint Chiefs