Why has North Korea chosen this moment to
fire live artillery shells
on South Korean soldiers and civilians? South Koreananalysts of
the
Hermit
Kingdom suspect the provocative behavior is linked to the
dynastic
succession of Kim Jong-un, son of Kim Jong-il, seen above
with an unidentified general on October 10.
Korea Central News Agency, North Korea
South Korean ‘Puppets’ Provoked ‘Merciless
Counterstrikes’
So why has North Korea fired dozens of
artillery shells at South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, triggering renewed concern
that war could break out? According to North Korea’s state-controlled Korea Central News Agency, Pyongyang was
provoked by military exercises that it claims included the firing of artillery
shells within the North’s territorial waters.
Pyongyang:
On Tuesday, the Supreme Command of the Korean People’s Army released
the following communiqué:
Beginning at 13:00 on November 23, while
staging military maneuvers for a war of aggression and despite repeated
warnings, the puppet administration of south Korea perpetrated reckless
military provocations. These included the firing of dozens of shells within the
territorial waters of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea near the
Yeonpyeong Islet in the West Sea. These actions have resulted in an escalation
of tension on the Korean Peninsula.
[Editor’s note: The
North Korean-controlled press does not capitalize the S in South Korea,
implying that it is not a nation].
This
military provocation is part of the south’s sinister attempt to defend the
brigandish "northern
limit line," while at the same time, frequently infiltrating the
territorial waters of the DPRK with naval warships under the pretext of
"intercepting fishing boats."
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The
revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK, standing guard over the inviolable
territorial waters of the country, took decisive military steps like reacting with
a prompt, powerful, physical strike to the military provocations of the puppet
group.
For
the army of the DPRK, the use of merciless counterstrikes is the traditional method
of reacting to provocateurs.
Should
the puppet administration of south Korea dare intrude into the territorial
waters of the DPRK, even by 0.001 mm, the revolutionary armed forces of the
DPRK will without hesitation continue to mercilessly strike back.
The
south should bear in mind the solemn warning of the DPRK’s revolutionary armed
forces that they don’t make empty talk. The only maritime military demarcation
line in Korea’s West Sea is set by the DPRK.
