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Case of the Crabs: Nork Military talks to enforce accords, keep out Chicom Fishing Boats
2004-02-18
From East-Asia-Intel.......
Koreans love to eat crabs. North-South clashes in waters frequented by crab fishing boats have been one of the most contentious disputes between the brother nations.
Crab wars...we used to make crabs fight on fishing boats for amusement while cruising into port.
Last week Seoul proposed that it and Pyongyang hold a military meeting on Feb. 23 to enforce joint fishing agreements and to keep Chinese fishing boats out of disputed waters. Unification Minister Jeong Se-Hyon said talks would be led by major generals from both sides. The date and chief delegate would be decided by mutual coordination but held before May, when the crab season begins.
Major General Crustacaen, I presume....
Economic cooperation between the two sides has been fragile without the backing of the militaries. This was demonstrated during two naval skirmishes of 1999 and 2002 in the West Sea.
The Red Crab and the Blue Crab forces.
Unlike South Korea, the North Korean military does not operate at the cabinet level, but comes under the direct control of Kim Jong-Il. That Pyongyang has agreed to the military talks signals a significant change in North Korean policy towards South Korea. Other than military contacts between colonels to discuss reconnecting the roads and railroads in the demilitarized zone (DMZ), there have not been talks at the level of generals in four years. Jeong said that the meeting would discuss, "in addition to the matter of preventing clashes over crab catching,
(LOL, that’s rich!)
ways of reducing military tensions in Korean peninsula and trust-building means." Establishing military channels between the two sides "would help North Korea to gain trust from the international crustacaen community," he said. The National Institute for Defense has suggested establishing a South-North joint fishing area to allow an agreed number of fishing boats from both sides, to export the catches through a South Korean network and to share profits. This, suggests the institute, would avoid contingency clashes between the two navies and would solve the problem of Chinese boats coming into the restricted Korean waters as well.
Folks, I am not making this up!
Posted by:Alaska Paul

#2  I believe you're not making it up, I just can't see NK jerking Daddy's (China's) chain
Posted by: Frank G   2004-2-18 7:46:10 PM  

#1  I should be OK; I'm an aquarius.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-2-18 7:28:36 PM  

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