EUIJEONGBU, South Korea, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has released water from a border dam into a river flowing to South Korea, prompting officials in the South to evacuate campers along the river, but no damage or casualties were reported, officials said Saturday.

   The North began discharging water from its Hwanggang Dam into the Imjin River on Friday. Water levels of the river had swelled sharply to 5.24 meters at 8:20 a.m. Saturday before beginning to fall, officials said.

   Dozens of campers along the river have been evacuated, officials said.

   In 2009, North Korea abruptly released water from the dam near the western part of the inter-Korean border without notifying South Korea, causing a flash flood that killed six people.

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