South Korea opens warning fire after North Korean maritime raid

a navy ship south korean opened warning fire to drive a patrol boat out of North Korea that crossed its maritime border on Saturday, as reported by the Army of the South on Sunday.

The North Korean ship crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL), which marks the maritime divide between the two countries in the yellow sea (called the West Sea in the two Koreas), on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. (2:00 GMT), which led to the Southern Navy to send a patrol, as confirmed by the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).

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After the North Korean ship failed to respond to warning transmissions and communication attempts from the South, the South Korean ship fired 10 warning shots from its autocannon, forcing the North Korean ship to withdraw.

The North would have made the incursion while chasing a Chinese fishing boat, the South Korean agency detailed. yonhapand according to the JCS, the North Korean ship would have remained south of the NLL line for about 10 minutes.

In October 2022, a South Korean warship also fired warning shots at a North Korean merchant ship for the same reason, and in response, North Korean forces also opened warning fire at the South.

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The peninsula is experiencing a historic level of tension after 2022 in which Pyongyangwhich has rejected offers to return to dialogue, carried out a record number of weapons tests and in which the allies once again carried out great maneuvers and exercised that expanded deterrence.

Source: Elcomercio

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