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	North Korean Navy Ship Sunk
		Communist North Korean warships have been sailing in and out of the South Korean waters zone since last Monday in what seemed to be a move to escort northern fishing boats to the crab fishing area, some 10 km west of the island of Yonpyong and about 100km northwest of Seoul.
		Defense Ministry officials said that two North Korean torpedo boats were among the seven intruding vessels that moved south of the NLL last Sunday.The torpedo boats, 37 to 56 tons, are equipped with two torpedoes and 25-mm guns, and cruise at a maximum speed of 40 knots.
		North Korean border violation came ahead of a scheduled meeting Monday, in which generals of the U.N. Command and North Korea were set to discuss the incursion.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3766b4eb5595.htm (1210 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Korean War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Seoul was captured by the North Koreans on the afternoon of June 28, but the North Koreans had not accomplished their goal of a quick surrender by the Rhee government and the disintegration of the South Korean Army.
		The North Koreans, finding their supply lines cut, began a rapid retreat northwards and the ROK and UN forces that had been confined in the south moved north and joined those that had landed at Inchon.
		When two Korean brothers are drafted into the military to fight in the war, their older brother tries to protect them from the harsh realities of war, resulting in conflicts that wear away at his own humanity.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Korean_War (6028 words)

	Navy - North Korean Special Weapons Agencies
		The navy, a separate branch of the KPA, is headquartered at P'yongyang.
		On November 20, 1998, a North Korean vessel was detected and captured off the waters of the Kangwha Island in an attempt to infiltrate spies, who subsequently escaped to the North.
		Between June 7 and June 15, 1999, twenty North Korean fishing boats and seven to eight patrol boats crossed the NLL in the name of "fishing and protecting one's fishing rights." They were met by the ROK Navy which tried to block their intrusion.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/dprk/agency/navy.htm (1188 words)

	North Korean Submarine Incident, September 1996
		In the vicinity of the North Korean submarine and alongside the infiltration route of the North Korean armed agents a total of 2,190 items of 190 kinds were found, including various firearms (RPG-7, AK rifle and M-16 rifle), ammunition, and equipment (infiltration, communication, and reconnaissance).
		North Korea's intent of hostility was further evidenced by the fact that all North Korean armed agents were officers armed with AK rifle, grenades, and other firearms.
		In the vicinity of the North Korean submarine and alongside the infiltration route of the North Korean armed agents a total of 2,190 items of 190 kinds were found, including various firearms (e.g., RPG-7 anti-armor rocket, AK rifle, M-16 rifle, and grenade), ammunition, and equipment (e.g., infiltration, communication, and reconnaissance).
	www.shaps.hawaii.edu /security/korea/militref4.html (2515 words)

	An Overview of the U.S. Army in the Korean War, 1950-1953
		The North Korean capital was the nerve center of the enemy's military establishment.
		The North Korean navy operated only 45 small vessels, but they were pressed into the enemy's initial assault primarily to transport supplies to forces advancing along both coasts.
		In a major effort from Feb. 16, 1951, to the end of the Korean War, the fleet prevented the enemy from using the port of Wonsan by subjecting it to bombardment by air units, battleships, cruisers and destroyers of Task Force 95.
	korea50.army.mil /history/factsheets/navy.shtml (1555 words)

	World:North Korean navy ships again intrude into South Korean waters
		One North Korean patrol boat was spotted crossing the western sea border and, within an hour, five more joined it in South Korean waters, ministry officials said.
		The North Korean navy ships appeared to be guarding fishing vessels from the North operating in the area, ministry officials said.
		The Korean peninsula was divided into the communist North and the capitalist South in 1945.
	www.seacoastonline.com /1999news/6_9_w2.htm (467 words)

	CNN.com - N. Korea warns of naval conflict - Nov 2, 2004
		On Tuesday, North Korean's official state news agency, KCNA, issued a statement quoting naval sources as saying that the North Korean boats were on a routine patrol when they were fired upon, according to South Korea's official Yonhap News Agency, which monitors KCNA.
		North Korea is one of the world's most authoritarian and secretive nations, with an economy in dire straits after decades of mismanagement.
		But North Korea rejected it during the armistice negotiations, claiming a zone of 12 nautical miles instead of the three nautical miles set by the U.N. As a result, the communist North does not observe the line, often sending fishing boats and naval ships into the zone.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/01/korea.navy (470 words)

	South Koreans die in naval clash with North - theage.com.au
		One North Korean warship was seen being towed in flames across the sea border, said Army Lieutenant General Lee Sang-hee, chief operations officer for the South Korean joint chiefs of staff.
		"The North Korean provocation is a clear violation of the armistice agreement and we hereby strongly warn that all responsibility for this rests with the North Korean side," he said.
		The two communist vessels, which were escorting North Korean fishing boats in the area, remained in South Korean waters for 70 minutes before being chased back across the border by South Korean patrol boats, South Korean officials said.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/06/29/1023864668452.html?oneclick=true (486 words)

	Republic of Korea Navy
		At the outset of the conflict, the 6,956-man ROKN, with 71 naval vessels of various types, was outnumbered by the 13,700 men and 110 naval vessels of the North Korean navy.
		In this period, the allies discovered that the North Koreans were laying sea mines in the approaches to the western coast.
		To assure that the approach lane was free of the over 300 mines laid by the enemy, on November 6th the Korean crew of a tug bravely manned their vessel during the passage from Chinnampo to the Yellow Sea.
	www.history.navy.mil /wars/korea/roknavy.htm (1570 words)

	Russia (USSR) In Local Wars and Regional Conflicts
		The Kremlin was clearly aware of the fact that participation by Soviet forces in the war on the Korean peninsula could cause a crisis in the military-political situation in Europe, where the military bloc of NATO was created in 1949.
		Due to the looming threat that the UN forces were going to seize North Korea, after 7 October 1950 the USSR evacuated all of the goods and personnel from its aviation commandant elements, ships from the Seisun naval base, and the families of military advisors.
		The North Korean Air Forces were headed by General Van Len, and his advisor was Colonel A. Petrachev.
	www.korean-war.com /russianregionalconflicts.html (9219 words)

	North Korean navy warns of new maritime clash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		North Korea's navy warned Thursday that South Korea's "rash" military reinforcement in disputed waters in the Yellow Sea could spark a fresh inter-Korean maritime skirmish, threatening unspecified countermeasures.
		A North Korean navy command spokesman said Seoul had recently sent more warships to waters near the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the disputed inter-Korean sea border.
		Last year, South Korean warships fired warning shots at North Korean fishing boats which violated the maritime border.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040311114813.3actczho.html (237 words)

	Naval Skirmishes Between Koreas, South's Navy Fires Shots; North Claims Territory Breached - CBS News
		The Southern navy boat was about 300 yards from the fishing boat and no hostile actions were taken by North Korean navy ships in the area, said Kim Sung-ok, a spokesman at the South Korean military's Office of Joint Chiefs of Staff.
		South Korea is "staging a prelude" to a sea skirmish to "provide the U.S. imperialist warhawks, who are blustering that North Korea is next to Iraq, obsessed with war hysteria, with favorable conditions for a war," he said.
		This year, the North has conducted missile tests and intercepted a U.S. surveillance plane, maneuvers that were viewed as attempts to pressure the United States into negotiations.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/06/05/world/main557102.shtml (907 words)

	S. Korean Navy Fires on N. Korean Boats
		South Korean defense officials say the North Korean navy vessels did not respond to radio warnings to back off.
		The Yonhap news agency reports that the North Korean vessels told South Korean authorities via radio that they were chasing illegal fishing boats and denied crossing the border.
		Rodong Sinmun, the main newspaper in North Korea, says the Bush administration is seeking domestic political gain by saying Pyongyang could gain a lot by returning to the negotiating table.
	www.voanews.com /english/2004-11-01-voa15.cfm (517 words)

	ABC 7 News - South Korean Navy Rescues Two North Korean Soldiers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		South Korea's navy has rescued a two men identified as North Korean soldiers from a small boat off Korea's east coast.
		South Korean defense officials aren't saying much about it other than that both men are not in good condition.
		North Koreans do occasionally defect by sea, but it's not unusual for the South Korean Navy to rescue North Korean fishermen whose boats run into trouble and send them home.
	www.wjla.com /news/stories/1206/378693.html (287 words)

	World Navies Today: North Korea
		Revised 3 November 2001 Version 1.05 Compiled and Maintained by: Andrew Toppan Compiled with assistance from: Phil Lee World Navies Today Main Page: http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/ The North Korean Navy is the most secretive navy in the world.
		Determining the state of their fleet is exceptionally difficult.
		Reproduction, reuse, or distribution without permission is prohibited.
	www.hazegray.org /worldnav/asiapac/n_korea.htm (1447 words)

	South Korean navy rescues two North Korean Soldiers - Asia - World - Breaking News - Belfast Telegraph
		South Korean navy rescues two North Korean Soldiers - Asia - World - Breaking News - Belfast Telegraph
		South Korean navy rescues two North Korean Soldiers
		South Korea's navy rescued a pair of North Korean soldiers from a small boat
	www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk /breaking-news/world/asia/article2062604.ece (133 words)

	Hobnobblog: Military Archives
		Battleships and DD(X) Robert Novak has an editorial on the Navy's plan to decommission it's last two battleships, the Iowa and the Wisconsin.
		I don't see the justification to keep battleships just so you have an option to fire on North Korean military structures, as Novak alludes.
		"Navy News," Kinshasa On The Potomac, December 3, 2005
	hobnobblog.com /military (352 words)

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		Brookes, Peter, T.R. "High Time to Reevaluate North Korean Policy." The Center for Strategic and International Studies.
		North Korean Foreign Relations in the Post-Cold War World.
		Walpole, Robert D. "North Korea's Taepo Dong Launch and Some Implications on the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States." National Intelligence Officer for Strategic and Nuclear Programs.
	www.gwu.edu /~spi/spacemilkoreabib.html (1029 words)

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