Escalating tension in the Korean Peninsula

by Mehnab Khan

(November 25, Dhaka, Sri Lanka Guardian) Latest tension in the Korean peninsula is now hitting the world news media, mostly packed with junks fed by Western masters of puppet government in Seoul. In a recent statement, Pyongyang has termed South Korean provocation as “ill-famed war maneuvers for a war of aggression against the DPRK codenamed Hoguk.”

The statement said: “As already reported by the Supreme Command of the KPA, the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK on Nov. 23 took a decisive self-defensive measure to cope with the enemy's reckless military provocation of firing shells inside the territorial waters of the DPRK side around Yonphyong Islet in the West Sea of Korea.

“The army of the DPRK warned several times that if even a single shell of the enemy is fired inside the territorial waters of the DPRK, it will take a prompt retaliatory strike in connection with the live shell firing drill they planned to stage from Yonphyong Islet while conducting the ill-famed war maneuvers for a war of aggression against the DPRK codenamed Hoguk.

“At 8:00 a.m. on Nov. 23, the very day the incident occurred, the head of the delegation of the DPRK side to the inter-Korean military talks sent a telephone message to the head of the delegation of the enemy side once again strongly urging it to cancel the plan for staging the above-said firing drill in the waters around the islet, the sensitive waters.

“This notwithstanding, the enemy committed such an extremely reckless military provocation as firing dozens of shells from the islet inside the territorial waters of the DPRK side from around 13:00.

“The enemy fired shells from the islet which is so close to the territory of the DPRK that it is within each other's eyeshot despite the fact that there are so many mountains and rivers, sea waters and islets in south Korea. This powder-reeking saber-rattling cannot be construed otherwise than a politically motivated provocation.

“The enemy is claiming that they fired shells southward from the islet in a bid not to get on the nerves of the DPRK but Yonphyong Islet is located deep inside the territorial waters of the DPRK away from the maritime military demarcation line. If live shells are fired from the islet, they are bound to drop inside the territorial waters of the DPRK side no matter in which direction they are fired because of such geographical features.

“The ulterior aim sought by the enemy is to create the impression that the DPRK side recognized the waters off the islet as their "territorial waters", in case that there was no physical counter-action on the part of the former.

“Herein lies the crafty and vicious nature of the enemy's provocation.

“The army of the DPRK took such a self-defensive measure as making a prompt powerful strike at the artillery positions from which the enemy fired the shells as it does not make an empty talk.

“This incident is one more dangerous development which took place because of the illegal "northern limit line" unilaterally fixed by Clark, UN forces commander, as he pleased on Aug. 30, 1953 after the conclusion of the Korean Armistice Agreement.

The U.S., its followers and some bosses of international bodies should drop such bad habit as thoughtlessly accusing somebody before learning about the truth about the incident.

“If they shield south Korea, the criminal, without principle, just for being their ally, this is little short of feeding oil to the fire.

The DPRK that sets store by the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula is now exercising superhuman self-control but the artillery pieces of the army of the DPRK, the defender of justice, remain ready to fire.”

Constant conspiracy to sabotage the progress of DPRK is continuing for decades by a number of players in the world, including Washington, which uses the puppet and extremely corrupt government in Seoul with the ulterior motive of captivating the entire Korean Peninsula under the tight grips of United States. Here again, Washington is playing the same foul game, as it did in Vietnam and a number of nations in the world.

Government of DPRK, under the active and dynamic leadership of the Supreme Commander of Korean People’s Army, Comrade Kim Jong Il is committed in ensuring progress and prosperity of the people of DPRK with the ultimate goal of re-unification of the Korean Peninsula, thus freeing the Korean people in the south from captivity of corrupts and Western puppets.

The recent tension in the Korean Peninsula has already hurt the businesses and stock market in Seoul as well peace-loving masses in south Korea are getting angered with the unwarranted and unacceptable behavior of the puppet administration in Seoul.

Anti aggression forces in the world are required to get united at this junction with the goal of raising voice against American dirty game in the Korean Peninsula as well the senseless actions of the puppet government in Seoul.

Mehnab Khan is a columnist writing on regional and international issues