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NK warns of "physical retaliation" over West Sea drill

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작성자 Jung Sung-ki 작성일10-08-03 20:17 조회1,340회 댓글0건

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North Korea Tuesday threatened “powerful physical retaliation” if South Korea launches a naval exercise in the West Sea on Aug. 5 as scheduled.

The reaction comes as the South Korean military is scheduled to carry out the drill as a show of force after a North Korean submarine allegedly torpedoed the warship Cheonan in March, killing 46 South Korean sailors.

<##IMAGE##> Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) immediately refuted the North’s demand, urging the North to admit its involvement in the Cheonan sinking and apologize for the attack.

“The naval exercise in the West Sea will be held as scheduled,” a JCS spokesman said. “The planned naval maneuver will be held within our maritime territory below the Northern Limit Line (NLL) and the nature of the exercise is purely defensive to strengthen our military’s defense posture.”

Earlier in the day, Pyongyang’s military command warned in a statement carried by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KNCA) that the planned drill by South Korea’s Navy amounts to an “undisguised military intrusion,” and the North will respond to it with physical retaliation.

"The Command of Forces of the Korean People"s Army in the western sector of the front has made a decisive resolution to counter the reckless naval firing projected by the group of traitors with strong physical retaliation," it said.

The North routinely makes such threats in response to military exercises by the South. But the latest threat comes amid heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula in the wake of the March 26 sinking of Cheonan.

When the massive U.S.-South Korean drills in the East Sea started on July 26, North Korea vowed that it would further bolster its nuclear deterrence capabilities.

North Korea’s latest rhetoric also came a day after a senior U.S. official visited Seoul to fine-tune new sanctions on the communist regime to pressure it to take responsibility for the Cheonan incident and abandon its nuclear arms programs.

The North’s military repeated its old claim that the maritime border in the West Sea should be re-drawn further south of the current NLL.
North Korea has rejected recognizing the NLL drawn up by the United Nations Command at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. The NLL has been a flash point for inter-Korean conflicts.

In 1999, South Korean ships sank their North Korean counterparts, killing at least 30 North Korean sailors and injuring 70 others. The North also lost about 10 naval vessels. Five South Korean ships were damaged and nine sailors were injured.

A similar naval gun exchange occurred last November near the NLL.



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North Korea News Media Report:

KPA Command Vows to Counter S. Korean Drill by Physical Retaliation



Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- Warmongers of the south Korean puppet military are going to kick off direct military provocations against the DPRK in the waters around five islets in the West Sea of Korea after escalating the madcap naval exercises targeted against it in the East and West seas of Korea in the wake of their fabrication of the "Cheonan" case. Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) - Warmongers of the south Korean puppet military are going to kick off direct military provocations against the DPRK in the waters around five islets in the West Sea of Korea after escalating the madcap naval exercises targeted against it in the East and West seas of Korea in the wake of their fabrication of the "Cheonan"case.

The Command of Forces of the Korean People"s Army in the western sector of the front issued on Tuesday the following notice in this connection: The Command of Forces of the Korean People "s Army in the western sector of the front issued on Tuesday the following notice in this connection :


The naval firing maneuvers to be staged by the above-said warmongers in the waters near Paekryong, Taechong and Yonphyong islets in August with all ground, naval and submarine attack means involved are not simple drills but undisguised military intrusion into the inviolable territorial waters of the DPRK and reckless politically motivated provocation to preserve the illegal "northern limit line" to the last. The naval firing maneuvers to be staged by the above - said warmongers in the waters near Paekryong, Taechong and Yonphyong islets in August with all ground, naval and submarine attack means involved are not simple drills but undisguised military intrusion into the inviolable territorial waters of the DPRK and reckless politically motivated provocation to preserve the illegal "northern limit line"to the last.


The anti-DPRK smear campaign started by the puppet group with the "Cheonan" case as a momentum is the unpardonable gravest provocation perpetrated by the Lee Myung Bak group of traitors in recent years but the above-said naval firing maneuvers are a direct military invasion aimed at infringing upon the DPRK"s right to self-defence. The anti - DPRK smear campaign started by the puppet group with the "Cheonan"case as a momentum is the unpardonable gravest provocation perpetrated by the Lee Myung Bak group of traitors in recent years but the above - said naval firing maneuvers are a direct military invasion aimed at infringing upon the DPRK "s right to self - defence.


In view of the prevailing situation, the Command of Forces of the Korean People"s Army in the western sector of the front made a decisive resolution to counter the reckless naval firing projected by the group of traitors with strong physical retaliation. In view of the prevailing situation, the Command of Forces of the Korean People "s Army in the western sector of the front made a decisive resolution to counter the reckless naval firing projected by the group of traitors with strong physical retaliation.


As the DPRK had already declared solemnly internally and externally, there is only the extension of the demarcation line in the West Sea of Korea fixed by the DPRK. As the DPRK had already declared solemnly internally and externally, there is only the extension of the demarcation line in the West Sea of Korea fixed by the DPRK.


As regards the expected DPRK"s counteraction for self-defence, the command warns in advance all the civilian ships including fishing boats not to enter the theatre of naval firing fixed by the group of traitors in the waters close to the five islets in the West Sea of Korea. As regards the expected DPRK "s counteraction for self - defence, the command warns in advance all the civilian ships including fishing boats not to enter the theatre of naval firing fixed by the group of traitors in the waters close to the five islets in the West Sea of Korea.


It is the unshakable will and steadfast resolution of the army and people of the DPRK to return fire for fire. It is the unshakable will and steadfast resolution of the army and people of the DPRK to return fire for fire.








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