Post by Pete on May 27, 2010 12:52:58 GMT
North Korea has announced that it will scrap an accord aimed at preventing accidental naval clashes with South Korea in retaliation for Seoul blaming Pyongyang for the sinking of one of its warships.
Tension on the divided peninsula has risen dramatically since a team of international investigators said last week that a torpedo fired by a North Korean submarine tore apart the South Korean warship on March 26, killing 46 sailors. North Korea has denied involvement in the sinking and warned any retaliation would mean war.
North Korea's military said it will "completely nullify" an accord aimed at preventing accidental armed skirmishes along the disputed western sea border - a scene of three maritime battles between the two nations.
"Immediate physical strikes will be launched" against any South Korean ships that intrude into North Korean waters, the country's military said in a statement, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency
Tension on the divided peninsula has risen dramatically since a team of international investigators said last week that a torpedo fired by a North Korean submarine tore apart the South Korean warship on March 26, killing 46 sailors. North Korea has denied involvement in the sinking and warned any retaliation would mean war.
North Korea's military said it will "completely nullify" an accord aimed at preventing accidental armed skirmishes along the disputed western sea border - a scene of three maritime battles between the two nations.
"Immediate physical strikes will be launched" against any South Korean ships that intrude into North Korean waters, the country's military said in a statement, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency