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KPA navy command denounces S. Korean warships' infiltration into north's territorial waters

KCNA

    Pyongyang, June 3 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the navy command of the Korean People's Army answered a question put by KCNA on Monday in connection with the fact that the South Korean military has recently infiltrated warships into the territorial waters of the north side in the West Sea every day, escalating the tensions. This is a blatant challenge to the DPRK which has exercised a high degree of self-restraint to prevent the recurrence of such undesirable incident as the "West Sea skirmish" that occurred last year, the spokesman said, and continued:
    The South Korean military authority's deliberated escalation of tension is prompted by its intention to orchestrate such a shocking incident as the "West Sea skirmish" and shift the blame for it onto the north side in a bid to provide the U.S. warhawks, who are blustering that North Korea is next to Iraq, obsessed with war hysteria, with favorable conditions for a war.
    Now that there is an increasing danger of a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula, any military clash between the north and the south may lead to a war.
    We make it clear once again that the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK, a powerful war deterrent force, are fully ready to deal crushing blows at the aggressors any time.
    If the South Korean military authorities push the situation to the brink of a war under the pretext of "defending" the illegal "northern limit line" at the instigation of the U.S. imperialists, their master, they will be held wholly responsible for all the ensuing consequences.
    We will closely follow the South Korean military's future attitude.