http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2009/04/22/29/0401000000AEN20090422003300315F.HTML
2009/04/22 11:07 KST
N. Korea says S. Korea moved border marker in ‘serious military provocation’
SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) — North Korea claimed Wednesday that South Korea has arbitrarily moved a military demarcation line marker in a “serious military provocation” violating the armistice of the Korean War.
South Korea’s army “recently moved Marker No. 0768 of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) in the eastern sector of the front dozens of meters close to the area of the DPRK (North Korea) side,” the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said.
“This serious military provocation is a wanton violation of the Armistice Agreement and a deliberate and premeditated action to escalate tension in the areas along the MDL,” it said.
The report demanded South Korea immediately retrieve the marker.
“Should it do (sic) not accept the just demand of the DPRK, the latter will take a measure for self-defense and the south Korean warmongers will be held entirely accountable for all the ensuing consequences,” it said. . .
Riiiiiiiiight.
(I shouldn’t be so sarcastic so early in the day, but this story is so deserving....)
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6642520.html
13:30, April 22, 2009
U.S. general: U.S. forces fully prepared against attack on S. Korea
The U.S. Forces in South Korea are fully prepared for any contingency on the Korean Peninsula, the U.S. commander said Wednesday.
The U.S. Forces in South Korea are prepared to “fight and win,” as they already “have operational plans prepared in order to be able to meet any contingencies,” said Gen. Walter Sharp, commander of the U.S. Forces in South Korea, at an address at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, warning that Seoul, about 50 km away from the inter-Korean border, bears a geographical risk to a sudden attack from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
He also emphasized the close ties between United States and South Korean forces would be continued even after the wartime operational control of South Korean troops is transferred to South Korea in 2012.
Tensions on the peninsula have been worsening over the past few weeks as the DPRK warned to take stern countermeasures if South Korea fully participates into the U.S.-led Proliferation Security Initiative.
Source:Xinhua