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N Korea Seeks Apology From South Over Naval Clash 10 days ago
(RTTNews) - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)--as North Korea is formally known--has asked South Korea to apologize for a "grave armed provocation" after the warships of the two countries exchanged fire Tuesday morning off the western coast of the Korean peninsula.
"The South Korean military authorities should make an apology to the North side for the armed provocation, and take a responsible measure against the recurrence of a similar provocation," the North's military supreme command said in a report.
The North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that one of the North's patrol boats was on a mission to confirm "an unidentified object" on the North's side of the maritime border and was sailing back, when some South Korean warships chased it and opened fire on it. The statement said the North's craft "lost no time to deal a prompt retaliatory blow at the provokers".
Meanwhile, Brigadier-General Lee Ki-sik ofSouth Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed Seoul's strong protest to Pyongyang over the clash, and urged it to prevent recurrence of such incidents.
The skirmish broke out at 11:28 a.m. (0228 GMT) near Daechong island after a North Korean patrol boat crossed the disputed Yellow Sea border prompting a South Korean warship to fire warning shots.
When the patrol boat ignored the warning shots and continued sailing southwards, Seoul's naval ships opened fire at it, inflicting considerable damage. Following this, the North's boat shot back at the South Korean warship, according to an unnamed South Korean official.
The disputed border in the Yellow Sea, also known as the Northern Limit Line (NLL), was the scene of naval conflicts in 1999 and 2002. The NLL was drawn up by the United Nations Command at the end of the Korean police action in 1953, but was never recognized by the North. The latter wants it drawn further to the south.
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