Re: Yellow Sea Battle

[Mike Davino <mdavino@yahoo.com>]

Here is the nK version of what happened. 

Mike Davino

S. Korean military to blame for armed clash in West
Sea
    Pyongyang, June 30 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the
navy command of the Korean People's Army gave the
following answer to the question raised by KCNA on
Sunday as regards the false propaganda made by the
South Korean military authorities about the armed
clash that occurred in the West Sea: As already
reported, there was an unexpected exchange of fire
between the two sides due to reckless armed
provocations by South Korean naval vessels in the West
Sea on June 29, causing losses of human lives and the
sinking of a vessel. 
    This notwithstanding, the joint chiefs of staff of
the South Korean Army provided to the media
misinformation that two patrol boats of the navy of
the Korean People's Army trespassed on the "northern
boundary line" along with fishing boats in operation
and the navy of the south side opened fire in
retaliation against the preemptive firing made by our
patrol boats, in a bid to launch noisy false
propaganda. 
    This was a premeditated sheer fabrication made to
serve its sinister purpose of laying blame for the
incident at our door. 
    It is well known to the world that the "northern
boundary line" which the south Korean military claimed
was crossed by our vessels is a bogus line
unilaterally and illegally drawn by it in the 1950s
and our side, therefore, has never recognized it. 
    The fact that the South Korean military amassed
fishing boats and warships in the controversial waters
under the pretext of this bogus line indicates that it
admitted its intrusion by itself. 
    Its talk about "fishing boats engaged in fishing"
despite the fact that there was not a single boat of
our side in those waters at that time clearly
testifies to the falsity of information spread by the
south side. 
    Warships and fishing boats of the south side
intruded deep into the territorial waters of our side
almost everyday recently, but the navy of the KPA
exercised restraint in various ways, prompted by the
desire to defuse the military tensions between the
north and the south and taking the ongoing world
soccer championships into consideration. 
    Nevertheless, the South Korean military sent more
warships to those waters to mount a surprise attack on
our side with two times as many warships as our naval
patrol boats. 
    It is common sense that just two patrol boats are
incapable of making a preemptive attack on a group of
warships numerically superior to them and this is
impossible under the situation where they are within
the firing range of the opponent's coastal artillery. 
    The serious military provocation made by the South
Korean military authorities is aimed to orchestrate a
shocking incident at a time when the World Cup is
going on and shift the blame for it onto the DPRK in a
bid to chill the desire for inter-Korean
reconciliation and reunification growing strong among
the South Korean people and impair the international
prestige of the DPRK. 
    Indeed, the armed clash in the West Sea is a
product of the anti-reunification and treacherous
moves of the South Korean military authorities. 
    However, the South Korean Army chief is claiming
that the north side should take "responsibility" and
make "apology," pulling up the DPRK over the incident.

    This is the height of impudence. 
    With no false propaganda can the South Korean
military authorities evade the responsibility for
their criminal acts. 
    They should, first of all, admit the illegality of
the so-called "northern boundary line." 
    The media should clearly distinguish between lies
and truth and stop acting a waiting maid in the base
plot-breeding operation. 

http://www.kcna.co.jp/contents/30.htm#1

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