Posted on 09/14/2012 4:06:38 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
N. Korean fishing boats retreat after violating West Sea border
2012-09-12 20:20
Seven North Korean fishing boats crossed the tense western maritime border with South Korea twice on Wednesday, but moved back into the North’s waters after a South Korean naval boat broadcast warning messages, military officials said.
The North Korean fishing boats sailed 1.5 kilometers into the South’s waters around 7:30 a.m., but retreated after South Korean patrol boats broadcast a warning, officials at Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
At the time, a North Korean government boat also briefly crossed the de facto sea border trying to escort the fishing boats back onto the North’s side of the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the Yellow Sea, JCS officials said. No skirmish erupted.
About two hours later, seven North Korean fishing boats again sailed 2.2 kilometers into the South’s waters, but moved back to the North’s waters after warning messages from South Korean naval boats, JCS officials said.
“After our patrol boat ordered them to retreat, the North Korean fishing boats returned to the northern side of the NLL,” a JCS official said on the condition of anonymity.
“Given the circumstances, they sailed into the South’s waters for fishing,” the official said. (Yonhap News)
link: http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/09/15/2012091500179.html?news_Head1
Their dug-in shore artillery opened the cover, ready for firing and their ships were either at sea or ready to move out, poised to respond. All indication is that they sent out their fishing boats as baits and if SK navy came out to confront them, they would attack SK navy. In short, this was a deliberately planned action to create military provocation. Kim Jong-eun exhorted to his troops to crush S. Korean military if needed, when he toured military units in this area. I think they will try again, this time with their more aggressive move. They are itching for another fight, probably because this is a way to deal with fluid domestic political situation.
Another nation looking for cover as this Obama-caused crisis spirals out of control
Another nation looking for cover as this Obama-caused crisis spirals out of control
Large typhoon to hit S. Korea (and N Korea)
will the Norks try anything?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2931201/posts
Possible. It may depend on whether the Middle East situation intensifies or fails to die down over the weekend.
What part of WWII did they miss?
/johnny
Yep, the Norks were trying to bait the south into getting another ship sunk. ggrrr. The south should not take these kinds of provocations lightly.
If NK is hard hit by a typhoon the damage to infrastructure is likely to be in the tens of tens of dollars.
//apologize pre-emptively
Visting Korean War veterans and a NK guard, taking pictures of each other.
50 years from now, the NK guard would find out that the faded photos from his days of service at Panmunjom are found in the attic of some U.S. home, and up for sale at ebay.:-)
Path looks to go straight up thru Seoul, I would guess lots of flooding which the North would not handle well.
bump
There were photo’s of the guards looking a bit jealous of the stuff the tourists had
Seoul itself will probably be okay, right?
At least downtown. We all Gangnam is going to come through smelling like a rose. heh It’s their style after all.
I see Chia Chub start some s*** with South Korea
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