Posted on 05/16/2010 12:42:26 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The South Korean Navy fired warning shots Saturday night after two North Korean patrol boats crossed into South Korean waters, state media said.
The two North Korean patrol boats separately crossed a maritime border in the Yellow Sea. One retreated after receiving a warning communication from the South Korean Navy, and the other retreated after two rounds of warning shots were fired, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff told the state-run Yonhap news agency.
Tensions between the two nations have run high since the mysterious sinking of a South Korean warship in the border area on March 26. Fifty-eight men escaped the sinking ship, but 46 of the 104 crew members died.
A team of South Korean military and civilian investigators tentatively concluded in April that an explosion at close range, and not a direct hit, sank the 1,200-ton ship. A U.S. military official also said he believes a North Korean torpedo attack was the most likely cause for the sinking.
The South Korean government has declined to explicitly name North Korea as the culprit in the attack. North Korean state media have also denied that the country has any involvement.
Saturday was the first time since the sinking of the ship that North Korean vessels have crossed the border, Yonhap reported
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Is chiapet still in China?
I think he is back in the DPRK.
I think they should “accidentally” sink one.
I think they are justifiably angered after losing a ship and many lives to a sneak attack by the North.
I imagine that war tripwire is getting pretty taught?
But, since South Koreans as a whole want us 'ugly Americans' out of their country, this time they can fight it on their own.
(That'll work out really swell for them. But that's life baby.)
They should have sent torpedos instead of warning shots.
The Norks will call this “a provocation!”
Like all punk ass bullies Kim will bluff & bluster til someone steps up &
beats him down
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