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On the afternoon of the 25th, maritime police officials are investigating the attack by a missing North Korean official on the fishing guide vessel ‘Mugunghwa No. 10’ anchored in the sea near Yeonpyeong Island, Ongjin-gun, Incheon. Meanwhile, North Korean State Council Chairman Kim Jong-un conveyed his apology to the South through a notice that day. 2020.9.25 / News1 © News1 North Korea warned of the territorial invasion of South Korea by searching for an A official, who was killed in the western sea, and expressed its willingness to search North Korean territorial waters on its own. Consequently, the possibility of conducting a joint inter-Korean investigation and further investigations that the Korean government anticipates is expected to be very low.
The South Korean government is searching the Yeonpyeong Island area to find the body and oil items based on North Korea’s announcement that A has only burned the floats on board. On the 25th, the National Security Council (NSC) was held, demanding more investigations from North Korea, and plans to propose a joint inter-Korean investigation as necessary.
However, on the 27th, North Korea claimed to have invaded its territorial waters because of South Korea’s search activities, and showed the appearance of drawing a line beforehand before the South Korean government officially requested a joint inter-Korean investigation.
That day, the government-run Chosun Central News Agency said: “We don’t care about any search operations the South is conducting in its territorial waters.” In the case of organizing raids and capturing bodies throughout the region and the western coast, we are also thinking about the procedures and methods that will be delivered to the south as usual ”. He reported that the search for official A would be carried out separately.
However, he does not comment on the joint investigation of the case, and gives the impression of trying to close the case with ‘delivery of the body’. Aside from the joint investigation between the two Koreas, there is a possibility that North Korea itself will not carry out further investigations.
For North Korea, Kim Jong-un may have sent a warning not to say anything more, as it is a matter for which he has even apologized in person. Due to the nature of the North Korean regime, it appears that the judgment that if North Korea’s mistakes are revealed due to further investigations, it could place a burden on President Kim, who has already apologized once.
In particular, the joint investigation between the two Koreas can be a much more difficult subject. It is an analysis that it is highly unlikely that North Korea, which has completely halted exchanges with the outside world due to concerns about the spread of a new coronavirus infection this year (Corona 19), will allow the South to enter. to the country for the search and investigation of the case.
On the other hand, such warnings of the North Korean invasion of territorial waters could generate controversies over territorial waters between the two Koreas, which could exacerbate the problem. This is because the territorial sea standards that the two Koreas currently claim are different.
The South is establishing the territorial sea based on the North Limit Line (NLL). On the other hand, North Korea is using North Korea’s territorial sea from Baeknyeong Island to the south of Yeonpyeong Island based on the unilateral declaration of the ‘Chhosun West Sea Coast Guard Line’ in 1999. Furthermore , the northwest islands only recognize a kind of passage that only allows access through the ‘passage order’.
Consequently, the sea near Yeonpyeong Island, which the Korean government is currently seeking, enters North Korean waters. If North Korea constantly complains about its territorial sea standards, it could create difficulties in future searches.
However, the experts said: “We have tightened the necessary security measures to avoid further damage to the relationship between trust and respect between North and South Korea in any case.” I’m looking as it reveals
(Seoul = News 1)
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