North Korean ships enter Southern waters as Seoul prepares sinking report

This didn’t get much attention yesterday, but there’s been more tension along the Korean sea border:  South Korean Navy vessels fired warning shots, turning back two North Korean patrol boats that had entered South Korean territory, military officials said. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday that one North Korean Navy vessel crossed the ...

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.

This didn't get much attention yesterday, but there's been more tension along the Korean sea border: 

This didn’t get much attention yesterday, but there’s been more tension along the Korean sea border: 

South Korean Navy vessels fired warning shots, turning back two North Korean patrol boats that had entered South Korean territory, military officials said.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday that one North Korean Navy vessel crossed the Northern Limit Line in the Yellow Sea and another entered South Korean waters 47 minutes later at the western sea border, Yonhap News service reported.

The separate incidents took place Saturday night, the first at 10:13 p.m., the second at 11:30 p.m.

Later this week, Seoul plans to submit a letter to the U.N. Security Council on the conclusions of its investigation into the cause of the sinking of the South Korean Navy frigate Cheonan on March 26.  

Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating

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