N. Korean Navy warns of naval clash in Yellow Sea

By Lee Joon-seung

SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Yonhap) -- The North Korean Navy warned Thursday that repeated violations of its water by South Korean warships is raising the possibility of a clash in the Yellow Sea.

The announcement by the Navy Command carried by the (North) Korea Central news
Agency, said it will deal firmly with any violations of its sovereignty.
"There is a limit to forbearance and the South needs to carefully contemplate the
consequence of its actions," the North said.
It then said that the North is carefully monitoring movement of South Korean
naval vessels and ready to destroy any encroachments.
The warnings comes two days after the communist country fired two short range
anti-ship missiles off its west coast.
The two Koreas clashed twice in the Yellow Sea in the past. In the 1999 incident,
one North Korean gun boat sank and another was seriously damaged, incurring
significant loss of life. In the second incident, which took place during the
2002 FIFA World Cup co-hosted by Seoul and Tokyo