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Korea
S. Korea Fires Warning Shots at Fishing Boat
2003-08-18
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea’s navy fired warning shots Monday after a North Korean surveillance fishing boat entered waters controlled by the South, the military said. The North Korean ship turned back and there were no further hostile exchanges between the two sides, South Korea’s Office of Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.

The fishing boat intruded 594 feet into southern waters along the disputed western sea border, the statement said. South Korean navy speedboats fired five warning shots and the Northern boat returned to communist territory five minutes later.
"Run away! Run away!"
The maritime border between the two Koreas is not clearly marked, and North Korean fishing boats often cross over into South Korean waters. South Korean navy ships occasionally respond with warning shots.
Respond quickly, apparently.
South Korea is studying whether Monday’s alleged violation was intentional. The navies of the two Koreas, which were divided in 1945, fought deadly skirmishes in the western sea in 1999 and 2002.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  North Korean "fishing" boats must be as common as North Korean ice cream trucks. I doubt they catch much fish.
Posted by: tu3031   2003-8-18 11:17:45 PM  

#4  Alaska Paul - Civilian GPS units are available world wide, including the heavy-duty industrial models used by oil & mineral exploration companies. Would you be willing to bet cash money that the NorK's are NOT getting some supplied to them under the table in return for missile and nuke sales?

I wouldn't bet that, I'd be throwing my money away.

Ed Becerra.
Posted by: Ed Becerra   2003-8-18 9:39:55 PM  

#3  594 feet is getting a bit exact on the high seas. Do both sides take advantage of GPS? Are the SKors equipping the NKORS with under-the-table GPS units now or the NORKS up on high precision celestial shots? /sarcasm
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2003-8-18 2:46:20 PM  

#2  bet the NK spy boats have a really good idea where the boundary is
Posted by: Frank G   2003-8-18 2:25:15 PM  

#1  The maritime border between the two Koreas is not clearly marked...

Um...What are they supposed to use to mark a water boundary? A line of inflatable ducks lassoed together?
Posted by: Dar   2003-8-18 12:50:59 PM  

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