North Threatens South Over Maritime Border

After South Korea gave North Korea $80 billion dollars for the World’s Most Expensive Tain Ride last week, you would expect North Korea would at least show some gratitude and behave for a little while, right?  No, wrong:

North Korea’s navy on Monday accused South Korea of sending warships into its waters off the divided peninsula’s west coast, warning the South would face unspecified “consequences” if the alleged provocations continue.

The South’s Defence Ministry rejected the North’s accusation.

“We never violated the Northern Limit Line,” said a ministry official, referring to the UN-drawn sea border. The official spoke on condition of anonymity citing policy.

The North’s navy command said that the South’s “warlike forces infiltrated” warships into its territorial waters many times recently, according to a statement carried by the North’s Korean Central News Agency.

“If the South’s military ignores our warning and sticks to military provocations like this, it will be forced to take full responsibility for all consequences,” the North’s navy said.

It did not elaborate on what those “consequences” would be.

It seems like this is always the time of year North Korea begins causing trouble along the maritime border.  Next month will be the 5 year anniversary of the West Sea Naval Battle where North Korea murdered six South Korean sailors which the South Korean government has done everything possible to cover up and pretend it didn’t happen.  Could North Korea be setting conditions once again to provoke another incident on the maritime border?