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S Korea manoeuvres in Yellow Sea provocation attempt-Rodong Sinmun
PYONGYANG, August 9 (Itar-Tass) - The manoeuvres of the South Korean
armed forces in the Yellow Sea have extremely aggravated tension on the
Korean Peninsula, the situation in the region has been brought to the edge
of war, it is said in a commentary published by the North Korean leading
newspaper Rodong Sinmun (Newspaper of the Workers).
It stresses that Seoul intentionally conducts manoeuvres of the Navy
and Air Force near the so-called military demarcation line that is not
recognised by Pyongyang. The actions of the South Korean side can be
regarded as an unpardonable challenge to the dignity and sovereignty of
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and an attempt to provoke
a military conflict, according to the publication.
The newspaper also warns that Seoul should not underestimate the will
of the DPRK people and army that in case of need will take retaliatory
measures in order to punish the warmongers.
The five-day manoeuvres are conducted along the so-called north
military demarcation line playing the role of the sea border. DPRK does
not recognise this obviously disadvantageous for it demarcation line that
was hastily drawn by experts of the UN command at the end of the Korean
War of 1950-1953 and demands to move it further to the south. There is a
permanently tense situation along this line.
According to the South Korean Yonhap news agency, South Korea staged a
submarine hide-and-seek drill in waters off the west coast Monday on the
final day of massive naval exercises that North Korea denounced as
preparations for invasion.
Complicating the soaring tensions, North Korea seized a South Korean
fishing boat in waters off the east coast on Sunday. Four South Koreans
and three Chinese crew members were aboard the 41-ton Daeseung 55 that was
presumed to be inside the North's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) at the
time, the agency reported.
South Korea launched the five-day naval drills on Thursday in response
to the North's sinking of the warship Cheonan in March, an attack in
waters near the western sea border that left 46 sailors dead. The
manoeuvres, South Korea's largest-ever exercise in the Yellow Sea, were
designed as a show of force and a warning against future provocations.
-0-ezh
armed forces in the Yellow Sea have extremely aggravated tension on the
Korean Peninsula, the situation in the region has been brought to the edge
of war, it is said in a commentary published by the North Korean leading
newspaper Rodong Sinmun (Newspaper of the Workers).
It stresses that Seoul intentionally conducts manoeuvres of the Navy
and Air Force near the so-called military demarcation line that is not
recognised by Pyongyang. The actions of the South Korean side can be
regarded as an unpardonable challenge to the dignity and sovereignty of
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and an attempt to provoke
a military conflict, according to the publication.
The newspaper also warns that Seoul should not underestimate the will
of the DPRK people and army that in case of need will take retaliatory
measures in order to punish the warmongers.
The five-day manoeuvres are conducted along the so-called north
military demarcation line playing the role of the sea border. DPRK does
not recognise this obviously disadvantageous for it demarcation line that
was hastily drawn by experts of the UN command at the end of the Korean
War of 1950-1953 and demands to move it further to the south. There is a
permanently tense situation along this line.
According to the South Korean Yonhap news agency, South Korea staged a
submarine hide-and-seek drill in waters off the west coast Monday on the
final day of massive naval exercises that North Korea denounced as
preparations for invasion.
Complicating the soaring tensions, North Korea seized a South Korean
fishing boat in waters off the east coast on Sunday. Four South Koreans
and three Chinese crew members were aboard the 41-ton Daeseung 55 that was
presumed to be inside the North's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) at the
time, the agency reported.
South Korea launched the five-day naval drills on Thursday in response
to the North's sinking of the warship Cheonan in March, an attack in
waters near the western sea border that left 46 sailors dead. The
manoeuvres, South Korea's largest-ever exercise in the Yellow Sea, were
designed as a show of force and a warning against future provocations.
-0-ezh
