North Korea stated that South Korea will be in trouble because of the naval issues that South Korea is responsible for. On Tuesday there was a naval exchange of fire between North and South Korea around the Yellow Sea border. The Yellow Sea border is a commonly disputed area where tensions run high. As usual North Korea made threatening statements about South Korea stating, “The South Korean forces will be forced to pay dearly for the grave armed provocation perpetrated by them.” Additionally, Rodong Sinmun of North Korea stated, “The artillery pieces of the KPA (Korean People’s Army), convinced of justice and afire with hatred, are now leveled at the provokers.” Rodong went on to state that this dispute between South Korea and North was purposeful and not accidental. Furthermore he stated that it was premeditated on the part of South Korea.
Conversely we look at the statements from South Korea which state that North Korea was out of line as they crossed over the border into South Korean territory and then fired on a South Korean ship.
Both North and South Korea are now demanding that the other side apologize for their actions.
It seems as though North Korea is always the subject of some sort of problem. The government and military has a way of complicating issues and creating problems instead of solving them. North Korea is notorious for being unreasonable in negations. That is why the US and North Korea are still in a stalemate over their nuclear program.
