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South Korea worries North may take more action
Fri May 29, 2009 2:01am EDT
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YEONPYEONG, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korea said an increasingly belligerent North may be preparing aggressive moves after Chinese fishing boats were spotted leaving a disputed sea border dividing the peninsula.
South Korea and the United States have already raised the military alert level in the region after North Korea followed Monday's nuclear test with missile launches and a threat of war.
In New York, the United States and Japan circulated a draft U.N. Security Council resolution to key council members that condemned Pyongyang's second nuclear test and called for strict enforcement of U.N. sanctions imposed on North Korea after its first atomic test in October 2006.
"Our forces are watching these movements (by Chinese fishing boats) with the view that they could be signs that indicate the possibility of North Korea's aggression," Defense Ministry spokesman Won tae-jae said.
The escalating tension had little fresh impact on financial markets, which took a hit earlier in the week after the nuclear test. Traders said even though North Korea's belligerent tone was unsettling, it was, without military confrontation, not enough yet to significantly deter investors.
There have been two deadly naval skirmishes on the disputed maritime border in the past 10 years and the North has warned another could happen soon.
The 1999 and 2002 clashes were in June, the peak of a lucrative three-month crab season when fishing fleets jockey for the best spots near the contested maritime border.
"Now that there's talk of ... an all-out war, we fishermen are worried," said 48-year-old Yeonpyeong island fisherman Kim Jae-sik. "Nowadays when we go out, we know we are facing dangers."
The island lies off the west coast in the Yellow Sea, in waters the North claims but the South has occupied since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.
The joint command for the 28,500 U.S. troops supporting South Korea's 670,000 soldiers has raised its alert a notch to signify a serious threat from North Korea.
That is the highest threat level since the North's only other nuclear test in October 2006.
It calls for stepped up surveillance but not an increase in maneuvers by troops who face a million-strong North Korean military, most massed near the heavily fortified border.
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Military experts say the North has enough artillery trained on South Korea's capital to cause massive destruction but its army is generally poorly equipped.
They also say it does not have the ability to build a nuclear warhead, though the latest test does take it a step closer to being able to make an atom bomb. Continued...
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