This announcement by North Korea makes it pretty clear that they are deliberately organizing the Chinese fishing boats to intrude into South Korea as a form of asymmetric warfare against the South:
A Chinese fishing boat escorted by a South Korean Coast Guard vessel enters the port of Incheon, west of Seoul, on June 15, 2016, after being seized by the military police team over illegal fishing in the neutral waters of the Han River estuary. (Yonhap)
North Korea on Monday slammed South Korea for its operation with the United Nations Command (UNC) to repel Chinese fishing boats operating illegally in neutral waters between the two Koreas, calling the move a “military provocation.”
This marks the North’s first official reaction to South Korea and the UNC’s joint crackdown on Chinese fishing vessels operating in the neutral waters of the Han River estuary.
Fishing vessels that are officially registered with either South or North Korea are allowed into the neutral waters. Each side could send military police officers into the no man’s land to enforce rules under the armistice agreement.
South Korea’s move is aimed at “escalating the intrusion into the hotspot waters in the West Sea of Korea into the inland to secure a chance for military provocation,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in an English dispatch. [Yonhap]
You can read more at the link, but I continue to believe if the ROK seizes the illegal Chinese fishing boats and then auctions them off and gives jail time to the crew members that would end the incentive for these people to illegally fish in South Korean waters.
Well, back in the day, ROK Drop favorite Tom said North Korea was totally justified in seizing Chinese fishing boats crossing into North Korean waters. So now we have a precedent! Seize away, China’s finest $.50 Warrior has already given his Stamp of Approval!
SEOUL, June 23 (UPI) — North Korea has been printing large amounts of counterfeit Chinese currency under the supervision of Kim Jong Un, a defector group said Thursday.
The South Korea-based organization North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity said the information is from a source based in North Korea, local news service Newsis reported.
According to the source, a mint in the North Korean city of Pyongsong in South Pyongan Province specializes in the printing of fake Chinese yuan, the group said.
Does anyone think the value of the fish captured equals the amount of money counterfeited? I’m thinking no.
Well, back in the day, ROK Drop favorite Tom said North Korea was totally justified in seizing Chinese fishing boats crossing into North Korean waters. So now we have a precedent! Seize away, China’s finest $.50 Warrior has already given his Stamp of Approval!
On to other subjects:
While the North is playing silly buggers by escorting Chinese fishing vessels to the NLL in a “button, button, who’s got the button” game, the DPRK has decided to expand their counterfeiting operation to include the Chinese yuan! Yeah, that’ll go over well, I’m sure.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/06/23/North-Korea-printing-massive-amounts-of-fake-Chinese-currency-defectors-say/2891466694503/
Does anyone think the value of the fish captured equals the amount of money counterfeited? I’m thinking no.