March 14th, 2013 at 1:19 pm » Comments (10)

In this March 11, 2013 photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rides on a boat, heading for the Wolnae Islet Defense Detachment, North Korea, near the western sea border with South Korea. (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS)  [Newser.com]

October 13th, 2012 at 8:22 am » Comments (0)

The Saenuri partisans are piling on now against Presidential candidate Moon Jae-in in regards to former President Roh supposed attempt to not recognize the NLL: The ruling Saenuri Party piled on more allegations about late President Roh Moo-hyun’s denying the de facto inter-Korean maritime border at a 2007 summit in Pyongyang, obviously trying to make the issue work in its favor in the presidential race. And it said the Democratic United Party’s presidential candidate Moon Jae-in, who was Roh’s chief of staff, must have known about Roh’s actions more than
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October 10th, 2012 at 7:58 am » Comments (7)

This document may be an indication why the North Koreans decided to increase their provocations along the NLL after current President Lee Myung-bak was elected because he would not negotiate with the North Koreans based on what Roh Moo-hyun had agreed to in prior negotiations: A recently discovered document shows that in 2007, the late liberal President Roh Moo-hyun told former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il that he didn’t recognize the inter-Korean maritime border drawn up after the Korean War as an effective boundary between the two countries, a ruling
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March 16th, 2012 at 3:14 am » Comments (13)

That is what Henry Seggerman the Manager of Korea International Investment Fund is advocating for in this recent op-ed posted on Oh My News International: Loosening up the NLL is not my crazy new idea. Actually, I borrowed it from South Korea’s last President. Less than five years ago, Roh Moo-hyun diverted enough attention from the endless nuclear shell game to negotiate a “special peace and cooperation zone in the West Sea encompassing Haeju and vicinity” with North Korea. Near the end of his rule the deal did not close, and it was
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August 10th, 2011 at 4:57 am » Comments (3)

Well here we go again with the North Koreans trying to make headlines: South Korean marines returned fire Wednesday after North Korea launched artillery shells into waters near the disputed maritime line that separates the two rivals, South Korean defense officials said. The three North Korean shells fired near the Northern Limit Line in the Yellow Sea prompted the South to fire three shells back, Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said. Both sides’ shells landed in the water, and there were no reports of casualties. South Korean forces have been
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June 11th, 2011 at 1:53 pm » Comments (36)

Here is something I saw over at the Seoul Podcast in regards to South Korea trying to get US troops stationed on Baengnyeong Island which is one of the South Korean islands along the maritime DMZ: The South Korean military may send U.S. forces residing in South Korea to Baengnyeong Island, one of the five western border islands closest to North Korea. The islands include Yeonpyeong Island which was shelled by North Korea last November. A South Korean military official related to the matter told the JoongAng Ilbo yesterday that
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May 17th, 2010 at 9:32 am » Comments (9)

The North Koreans have apparently sent two ships across the Northern Limit Line trying to provoke yet another confrontation: According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a North Korean patrol boat approached the Northern Limit Line, the de facto maritime border between the two Koreas in the Yellow Sea, at 10 p.m. on Saturday. The South Korean Navy patrol sent a warning to the ship by radio, and in response the North’s boat accused the South’s patrol of having violated its territorial waters. The North Korean boat continued to descend
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March 27th, 2010 at 6:08 am » Comments (16)

Hopefully more survivors can be found, but the sinking of the South Korean naval ship has resulted in a huge loss of life that someone should be held accountable for, whether ROK naval incompetence or North Korean aggression: The South Korean armed forces have been on high alert a day after a Navy patrol ship sank near the western sea border with North Korea, leaving 46 sailors still missing, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Saturday. The 1,200-ton “Cheonan” patrol ship sank Friday evening after an unidentified explosion ripped
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March 26th, 2010 at 4:05 pm » Comments (46)

Here is some big developing news coming out of Korea: A South Korean Navy ship was sinking off the west coast near its maritime border with North Korea, officials here said Friday, Officials also said South Korea fired a shot at an unidentified vessel toward the North.    The 1,500-ton ship carrying 104 crew members went down around 9:45 p.m. near a South Korean island in the Yellow Sea, prompting an emergency meeting of security-related Cabinet ministers.    Seoul’s Navy officials refused to give details, but said a South Korean
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November 9th, 2009 at 9:49 pm » Comments (6)

UPDATE:  The AP is providing more details about what happened: South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that a North Korean patrol boat crossed the disputed western sea border about 11:27 a.m. (0227 GMT), drawing warning shots from a South Korean navy vessel. The North Korean boat then opened fire and the South’s ship returned fire before the North’s vessel sailed back toward its waters, the statement said. The clash occurred near the South-held island of Daecheong, about 120 nautical miles (220 kilometers) off the port city
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