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S. Korea Fires Warning Shots at Fishing Boat
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea’s navy fired warning shots Monday after a North Korean surveillance fishing boat entered waters controlled by the South, the military said. The North Korean ship turned back and there were no further hostile exchanges between the two sides, South Korea’s Office of Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.

The fishing boat intruded 594 feet into southern waters along the disputed western sea border, the statement said. South Korean navy speedboats fired five warning shots and the Northern boat returned to communist territory five minutes later.
"Run away! Run away!"
The maritime border between the two Koreas is not clearly marked, and North Korean fishing boats often cross over into South Korean waters. South Korean navy ships occasionally respond with warning shots.
Respond quickly, apparently.
South Korea is studying whether Monday’s alleged violation was intentional. The navies of the two Koreas, which were divided in 1945, fought deadly skirmishes in the western sea in 1999 and 2002.

Posted by: Steve White 2003-08-18
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=17758