Armed North Korean Government Boat Threatened Japanese Fisheries Agency Vessel

The Japanese are apparently letting the North Korean authorities push them around in their own EEZ:

A North Korean government vessel with an armed crew threatened a Fisheries Agency’s patrol ship in the Sea of Japan in late August, prompting Japanese fishing boats operating in the area to flee, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

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MTB Rider
MTB Rider
4 years ago

And apparently, Russia has also had it with the DPRK’s shenanigans:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-holds-80-north-koreans-on-poaching-boats/ar-AAHru0q?ocid=ientp

Russian coastguards have seized two North Korean boats and more than 80 crew members.
Russia says the ships were engaged in illegal fishing off its coast, and that one of the vessels launched an “armed attack”.
Three Russian border guards were reportedly wounded in a clash.
North Korea has yet to comment on the incident, but Russia’s Foreign Ministry has expressed “serious concern” and summoned the country’s top diplomat.
A spokesperson for the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said the two schooners were accompanied by 11 motorboats and were spotted poaching near the Yamato Bank, which lies between the Korean Peninsula, Russia and Japan.
Russia says they were caught in its Exclusive Economic Zone, which extends 200 nautical miles (370km) from its coast.

More at the link of course.

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