10, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency quoted government sources as saying that South Korea and North Korea’s navy in the morning in the western waters of the “northern boundary” (formerly known as the “Northern Limit Line”), an exchange of fire took place near.Reported that day, around 11:28, the North Korea a patrol boat near Qingdao in the west across the Great Sea, “Northern Limit Line,” South Korean navy “had fired warning shots,” but North Korean patrol boat, “ignore the continued south,” South Korea fire shooting, the North Korean side on the offensive.
According to this source, who said that South Korea did not result in an exchange of fire casualties, the Korean patrol boat damaged in the crossfire, have now returned to North Korea’s side of the sea.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the media reports are currently being carried out to confirm. Who was in the vicinity of fishing vessels operating in nine South Korea have all been evacuated to safe areas.
North Korea and South Korea in the Korean Peninsula and the western waters of the border demarcation has been divided. “Northern Limit Line” is a South Korea Baekryung Island, Yin Ping Island, Big Qingdao, a small Qingdao, u-do such as “Western Sea Island 5″ waters of the west coast of North Korea unilaterally set the maritime boundary between the North Korean side has not been recognized . In 1999 and 2002, the inter-Korean naval vessels in the area had been two military conflicts and lead to casualties on both sides.
