Spokesman for KPA Navy Command Issues Statement
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)
Pyongyang, March 28 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Navy Command of the Korean People's Army issued the following statement on Friday blasting the moves of the south Korean military authorities to "protect" the "northern limit line" at any cost:
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the south Korean armed forces at a confirmation hearing of the "National Assembly" on March 26 blustered that he would "defend the northern limit line in the West Sea as a line based on the conception of the territory under any circumstances".
His provocative outbursts are very dangerous and treacherous ones as they are not a simple expression of an individual view but openly reveal the wild ambition of the south Korean authorities.
His vow to defend the "northern limit line" devoid of any legal validity betrays the intention of the south Korean military to put into practice the already worked out scenario for invading the north.
The "northern limit line" on which the south Korean military has insisted as a shield is a bogus line as it was unilaterally drawn by the U.S. imperialists right after the ceasefire without any agreement with the DPRK side.
The south Korean warlike forces are now taking very disturbing military moves, vociferously asserting that the "northern limit line defends five islands in the West Sea" and "Yonphyong Islet is like a dagger to be thrust into one's throat while Paekryong Islet the one to be thrust into one's side".
Military brasshats including the chief of the General Staff of the Navy have held operational confabs on measures to defend the "northern limit line" to the end one after another in these areas.
On March 18 the south Korean trigger-happy forces deployed more destroyers and guard ships in the frontline waters in the West Sea of Korea.
On March 26 they infiltrated 14 warships deep into territorial waters of the DPRK side southeast of Ssanggyo-ri, Kangryong County, South Hwanghae Province on 13 occasions. The number of warships that intruded into those waters reached 5 or 6 on a daily average.
In the meantime, fighter bombers and armed helicopters are kept fully ready to go into action any moment. They also issued an order to batteries of 155 mm caliber howitzers and various type guided weapons deployed on the above-said five islets to be ready to go into action.
Combined firepower drills for "striking and destroying" warships of the Navy of the Korean People's Army and drills for tactical naval maneuvers are staged on Paekryong, Taechong and Yonphyong Islets and in waters around them almost everyday.
A situation in which an armed conflict may break out any moment is prevailing in the frontline waters in the West Sea due to the reckless military provocations of the south Korean military warmongers.
Any attempt on the part of the south Korean military authorities to "protect" the "northern limit line" at any cost would only spark off a clash in the said waters.
The DPRK has so far made every sincere effort for the solution of the issue of the MDL in the West Sea fraught with the danger of military conflict.
A particular mention should be made of the fact that it arranged a series of military talks including the defence minister-level talks and repeatedly advanced most reasonable and realistic proposals for the implementation of the north-south agreement on setting up "a special zone for peace and cooperation in the West Sea" and fixing joint fishing waters and peace waters there.
The south Korean military authorities, however, accepted none of those proposals and have been keen on how to defend the controversial "northern limit line."
The south Korean warlike forces will not escape the nation's curse and condemnation but will have to pay a dear price for their continued escalation of the tension quite contrary to the trend of the June 15 era of reunification.
The Navy of the Korean People's Army will neither pardon the south Korean military authorities' moves to keep the illegal bogus line as the maritime military boundary nor remain an on-looker to the reckless military provocation committed by warships of the south Korean army in the inalienable territorial waters of the DPRK side.
They should not misjudge the patience and self-restraint of the DPRK but immediately stop the intrusion of warships into its territorial waters.
Should the arrogance of the south Korean forces lead to military provocations, the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK will mercilessly wipe out the provocateurs.
The south Korean military warmongers had better behave with discretion.
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