KPA navy command on S. Korean military's provocation on West Sea
KNCA
Release Date: 11/22/2002
Pyongyang, November 21 (KCNA) -- A warship of the South Korean army committed such a grave military provocation as firing a gun at a patrol boat of the Korean People's Army (KPA) navy on its routine patrol duty in the West Sea on Nov. 20. In this regard the KPA navy command released a press release on Nov. 21.
It says:
At around 14:00 on Nov. 20 a patrol boat of the KPA navy rushed to the scene to intercept more than 10 unidentified vessels that had illegally sailed into the territorial waters of the DPRK.
Timed to coincide with this, a warship of the South Korean army on alert in waters west of Paekryong islet threatened the patrol boat of the KPA, navy, suddenly firing several artillery shells towards it.
The reckless provocation committed by the South Korean warship in broad daylight can not be construed otherwise than a deliberate and premeditated move of the South Korean military to aggravate the military tensions between the north and the south, keeping pace with the U.S. frantic nuclear racket.
The South Korean military authorities have recently persisted in their military provocations by sending warships one after another to the territorial waters of the DPRK in the West Sea.
In November alone they illegally infiltrated 15 warships into the territorial waters of the DPRK five times including those provocations perpetrated on Nov. 12, 13, 16 and 19.
The reality proves that the South Korean military seeks to push the situation in the West Sea to an extreme pitch of tension as was the case with the last West Sea clash in a bid to curry favor with the U.S. keen on the moves to put international pressure upon the DPRK and isolate it.
The KPA warns the South Korean military authorities not to run amuck, clearly understanding that such military provocations committed, pursuant to the U.S. strategy, may spark a new clash and entail irrevocable consequences.
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