At around 6:00 p.m., the North’s artillery shells dropped 14 km southwest of Yeonpyeongdo Island, close to a South Korean patrol ship operating in our waters,” the JCS said in a press release. “We directed all fishing boats in the area to return home and the residents to evacuate.”
The provocative move from Pyongyang came hours after the South Korean Navy’s Second Fleet issued a strong warning against a recent series of violations of the NLL, stressing that it would take an “unsparing” response to any provocations.
“The North must immediately stop any military, provocative threat in the West Sea aimed at nullifying the NLL,” the Second Fleet said in a press release.
On Tuesday, three North Korean military boats crossed the NLL and returned home after the South fired warning shots. The following day, the North’s southwestern military command berated Seoul for the warning shots, threatening to mount a military strike.
Pyongyang has persistently tried to invalidate the NLL, arguing that it was unilaterally drawn by the U.S.-led UN Command after the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. It argues that it should be drawn further south.
"... It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."....I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Thursday, May 22, 2014
THE KOREAN WAR ( A CEASE FIRE ARMISTICE IN 1953 WITHOUT A PEACE ACCORD) CONTINUES AS BOTH SIDES EXCHANGE ARTILLERIES AS NORTH KOREA TRY’S ITS AIMING ON A PATROL SHIP IN YEONPYEONGDO ISLAND–THE SOUTH KOREANS WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED
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