Edited for ranting:
North Korea accused South Korea of sending warships across a disputed sea border and warned Seoul further moves could lead to "irrevocable serious consequences," ratcheting up tensions on the divided Korea peninsula. The North's warning, carried by the official KCNA news agency, followed what the South Korean Defense Ministry said was three successive days of incursions into southern waters by North Korean fishing boats, most recently Wednesday. Last June and in 1999 there were deadly naval gun battles in the same Yellow Sea area off the west coast -- prime fishing grounds especially during the June crab catching season. KCNA said a series of South Korean naval vessels of various types had crossed into what it said were northern waters in the past three days. "The ceaseless infiltration of warships into the waters where serious military conflicts occurred last year cannot be construed otherwise than a premeditated and deliberate provocation on the part of the South Korean military to spark one more new shocking incident in these waters, joining the U.S. imperialists in their desperate 'nuclear racket'," it said. The KCNA report added: "The South Korean military authorities should not misjudge the self-restraint of soldiers of the (North) Korean People's Army, but stop running amuck, well aware that any slightest military provocation may entail irrevocable serious consequences."
The "running amuck" guy is back. |