According to Yonhap News Agency on January 8, Lee Chengjun, director of the communiqué office of the Joint Staff Headquarters of South Korea, said at a press conference on the 8th that North Korea violated the “September 19 Military Agreement” signed by South Korea and North Korea in 2018 and carried out artillery bombardment in the western waters for three consecutive days. Li Chengjun said that as a result, the hostile restricted area (buffer area) will no longer exist.
Previously, the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army has deleted the concepts of “ethnicity” and “same ethnicity” in the report.
South Korean media: North Korea has carried out artillery shell shooting for three consecutive days
According to South Korean media reports, from January 5 to 7, the North Korean army has carried out artillery shell shooting near the northwest island at the northernmost tip of the western waters of South Korea for three consecutive days.
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On the 6th, according to the news released by the South Korean army, the Korean People’s Army carried out more than 60 shellings at the coastal muzzle north of Yeonpyeong Island, and some of the shells fell in the maritime buffer zone north of the “Northern Boundary” of the western waters. Since the shells aimed at the flanks of North Korea, inland northern areas on that day, the South Korean military believed that it did not pose a threat, so it did not carry out live-fire exercises to counteract.
Kim Yuzheng denies the 6th shelling: just detonating explosives
CompareCinema Therefore, Kim Yo-jung, deputy minister of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, denied the so-called shelling provocation, saying it detonated explosives that simulated the sound of shell explosions. North Korea Central Television interspersed and played a video of the North Korean army detonating explosives while reporting on Kim Yo-jung’s conversation. Kim Yo-jung also warned that even if the South Korean side made a small provocation, the North Korean army would immediately “baptize artillery fire.”
The South Korean Joint Staff Headquarters stated on the 7th that Kim Yo-jung’s above statement was just a “low-level psychological warfare” against the South Korean military’s detection capabilities. If North Korea provoked South Korea’s territory and national security, the South Korean army will resolutely respond to the principle of “immediate, strong, and counter to the end”. On the 7th, the South Korean military sent another message saying that the North Korean army was 4 pm that day. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Komiks was fired nearly 90 shells into the north of Yeonpyeong Island at 5:10. Since the South Korean side was not damaged by Komiks, the South Korean army did not conduct counter-shooting fire. The KMT said that the Southwest Coast Defense Forces of the Korean People’s Army conducted live-fire training on four target areas in the southwest waters that day. 23 coastal artillery pieces were used and 88 shells were fired. In terms of shooting direction, “this live-fire area has nothing to do with the military demarcation line and does not pose any threat to hostile countries.”
South Korean Army: There is no buffer zone between South Korea and North Korea
8thCinema, the South Korean army announced that there is no longer a buffer zone between South Korea and North Korea. As a result, the South Korean army will normally carry out shooting and training activities in the restricted areas of hostile behavior at sea and on land.
South Korea said that North Korea violated the “September 19 Military Agreement” for more than 3,000 times and carried out shelling in the western waters for three consecutive days. Therefore, there is no longer a buffer zone between South Korea and North Korea.
Yonghap News Agency reported that according to “September 19BabaylanMilitary Agreement, South Korea and North Korea set up maritime buffer zones in the “northern boundary” area of the western and eastern waters of the peninsula, prohibiting shelling and maneuvering training. At the same time, Komiks, based on the military demarcation line, the South Korea and North Korea set the area 5 kilometers wide to the Cinema to be set to the Cinema, and the South and North Korea set the area 5 kilometers wide to Cinema buffer zones, and shelling and troops above the regiment level are prohibited. Cinema‘s mobile training in the wild Cinema. The South Korean military said that the North Korean side fired shells into the buffer zone near the “Northern Boundary” in the western waters from the 5th to the 7th of this month, and the South Korean military decided to restart the routine military exercises in the land and sea buffer zone.
Reported that on the question of “whether the South Korean army will conduct shooting training regularly in the sea buffer zone”, Li Chengjun replied that the South Korean army will not respond to the military actions taken by North Korea in the areas near the northwest islands, but will implement shooting training according to the original plan.
The North and South Korea have differences on the division of boundaries of the western waters of the peninsula
The North and South Korea have differences on the division of boundaries of the western waters of the peninsula. South Korea is between the “BabaylanThe Five West Sea Islands” including Yeonpyeong Island and the western coast of North Korea.ks has drawn the maritime boundary between the two countries called the “Northern Boundary” and the North Korean side does not recognize this. The maritime military dividing line announced by North Korea in 1999 is southerly than what South Korea calls the “NorthernBabaylan line”, and South Korea does not recognize it.
The Korean People’s Army issued a report: The concepts of “ethnicity” and “same ethnicity” have been deleted
Since 2024, the situation on the peninsula has suddenly become tense. In a report released by the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army on the 5th, the concepts of “ethnicity” and “same race” have been deleted. South Korean media believe that this statement from the North Korean military is consistent with the changes in the “route to South Korea” mentioned by Kim Jong-un at the beginning of the new year.
Kim Jong-un said that the relationship between North Korea and South Korea is no longer a homogenous relationship, but is completely fixed as a hostile relationship and a two belligerent country relationship and a two belligerent country relationship in the war.
Analysts believe that the confrontation between North Korea and South Korea in 2024 may continue. If both North and South Korea misread or exaggerate the interpretation of each other’s intentions, it is entirely possible that it will turn into a local war or a more serious situation.
(Yangcheng Evening News·Yangcheng Pai Comprehensive CCTVKomiks4, Reference News Network)