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	South Korea admits sea battle blunder - smh.com.au
		The navy failed to respond quickly to the North's incursion, as the initial information said only that there was minor damage to South Korean vessels and no deaths, he said.
		South Korea has said a North Korean patrol boat ignored warnings after crossing the disputed sea frontier off the west coast of the Korean peninsula and then opened fire on the South's navy.
		The South Korean navy boat went close to the NLL to stop the fishing boats, which have left the area tangled with crab nets, hampering the movements of navy ships.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/07/07/1025667088718.html (615 words)

	South Korean defense minister quits over North Korea leak
		A South Korean ship fired warning shots at a North Korean vessel and then the navy filed a misleading report on the incident, according to officials.
		Park was dismissed for disclosing to the media the contents of the radio exchanges, which showed North Korea had sought to mislead the South Korean navy by claiming the intruding North Korean navy vessel was a Chinese fishing boat.
		The navies of South and North Korea agreed last month to open radio contact for the first time in an effort to reduce tension and the chance of confrontation along the disputed maritime border in the Yellow Sea, scene of fatal clashes in the past.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040727081137.xat9ehrh.html (499 words)

	S Korea Fires Warning Shots At N Korea Fishing Boats
		Two South Korean navy boats fired 34 shots -- nine rounds from a 40-millimetre gun and 25 rounds from machine guns -- to force eight North Korean vessels back into their territory, the military joint chiefs of staff said Sunday.
		South Korean navy boats have been on alert against North Korean boats, which crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL) border in the Yellow Sea almost daily last week in search of crabs.
		South Korean officials have said the North's sea border violations this year appeared to be accidental.
	www.rense.com /general37/fires.htm (550 words)

	Navy - South Korea Intelligence & Security Agencies
		The mission of the navy during peacetime is not only to deter war, but also to protect national and maritime sovereignty, and perform activities that support national foreign policies and enhance national prestige.
		During the Korean War, the ROK navy along with allied forces played a decisive role in winning the war by protecting sea lines of communications, securing the control of the sea, and successfully conducting the Inchon Amphibious Operation.
		In the 1980s, the ROK Navy began to change its character by establishing close cooperation with Pacific nations through several combined exercises such as the "RIMPAC Exercise" to be the "Ocean-Going Navy." In 1993, the ROK introduced and built submarines, and in 1995, introduced maritime patrol aircraft P-3Cs to increase antisubmarine capabilities.
	www.fas.org /irp/world/rok/navy.htm (1165 words)

	USATODAY.com - N. Korea blames South for naval skirmish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		South Korea said the fishing boat sailed about 200 yards into its waters and the South's navy fired eight machine-gun rounds.
		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.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-06-03-koreas-sea_x.htm (487 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| S Korea boats fire border warning
		South Korean patrol boats have fired warning shots after North Korean navy vessels crossed their disputed maritime border, the South said.
		The South Korean statement said 80 boats were near the naval border on Monday.
		A South Korean official told AFP that the North Korean boats had said they were checking on the Chinese fishermen.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3970617.stm (186 words)

	Navy - North Korean Special Weapons Agencies
		The navy, a separate branch of the KPA, is headquartered at P'yongyang.
		Clashes with the South Korean navy and harassment of South Korean fishing boats once occurred with regularity, but such incidents were rare in as of mid-1993.
		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)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		But North Korea's navy countered yesterday that the allegations were false, saying none of its vessels had crossed the disputed maritime boundary at the time mentioned by the South Korean military or even been in the area.
		Under the accord, South and North Korean navies are supposed to open radio contact along the disputed sea border in the Yellow Sea to prevent accidental clashes.
		The South Korean defense ministry on Friday retracted an earlier report that said the North Korean navy failed to respond to multiple radio messages sent by South Korean ships before the warning shots were fired.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/world/archives/2004/07/18/2003179429/print (515 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.
		South Korea's navy sent nine warships to the area, and one collided with a North Korean patrol boat as they maneuvered for position.
		The North Korean navy ships appeared to be guarding fishing vessels from the North operating in the area, ministry officials said.
	www.seacoastonline.com /1999news/6_9_w2.htm (467 words)

	South Korean Navy Fires Warning Shots at North Korean Fishing Boats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		South Korea's navy has fired warning shots at North Korean fishing boats after they crossed into the South's territory.
		North Korea accuses South Korean warships of crossing the boundary and warns that further such moves could lead to serious consequences.
		South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun has warned that special care is needed to avoid another sea battle.
	www.voanews.com /english/archive/2003-06/a-2003-06-01-2-South.cfm?textmode=0 (478 words)

	S. Korean Navy Fires on N. Korean Boats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		South Korean defense officials say the North Korean navy vessels did not respond to radio warnings to back off.
		South Korean officials say there were about 80 Chinese fishing boats in the area at the time.
		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.
	www.voanews.com /english/2004-11-01-voa15.cfm (516 words)

	The Birth of the South Korean Navy
		With the introduction of LSTs (tank landing ships), the Navy turned to the Coast Guard to crew 37 ships in the first wave of these innovative vessels, 13 of which were assigned to the European theater, with the remainder assigned to the Pacific.
		When North Korean troops moved south on 25 June 1950, the Coast Guard had been providing essential support to the armed forces of the Republic of Korea (ROK—i.e., South Korea) for nearly four years.
		Later though, with the return of Sohn and his three ships, the South Korean Navy played a key role in capturing and destroying several of the North Korean vessels carrying supplies for the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea—i.e., North Korea) ground forces pressing the attack on the Pusan perimeter.
	www.navyleague.org /seapower/august2000/historic.htm (749 words)

	South Korea Fires Warning Shots at Boat
		South Korea's navy fired warning shots at a North Korean fishing boat on Tuesday, hours after the North warned a naval clash could trigger war.
		Hours later, a South Korean navy speedboat fired eight machine-gun rounds at a North Korean fishing boat that sailed 200 yards into waters claimed by the South.
		South Korea's navy ships are "staging a prelude" to a sea skirmish to "provide the US imperialist warhawks, who are blustering that North Korea is next to Iraq, obsessed with war hysteria, with favorable conditions for a war," the North's official news agency KCNA quoted a North Korean Navy Command spokesman as saying Tuesday.
	www.china.org.cn /english/international/66129.htm (577 words)

	ROK Navy Ships--Kum Kang San (PC-702, 1950-1960)
		Kum Kang San, a 173-foot submarine chaser originally built in 1944 as the USS PC-799, was transferred by the United States to the Republic of Korea in 1950.
		She arrived in South Korea in July 1950, shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War, and was immediately involved in several actions with enemy vessels and shore positions along the Korean west coast.
		On the original print, her old U.S. Navy hull number ("810") is visible in spot welded outline behind her Korean Navy bow number ("704").
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/rok/roksh-hl/kumkgsn.htm (851 words)

	Earth Changes TV - North, South Korean Ships Collide; Tense Armed Standoff Ensues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The collision occurred while eight South Korean navy ships were trying to force six North Korean patrol boats out of South Korean waters for the second time in two days, it said.
		One North Korean patrol boat was spotted crossing the sea border and, within an hour, five more joined it deep in South Korean waters, Lim's office said.
		The North Korean navy ships appeared to be guarding a number of northern fishing vessels operating in the area, it said.
	www.earthchangestv.com /breaking/June/0608koreanshipscollide.htm (451 words)

	Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
		A war of words with North Korea is heating up over accusations that South Korean naval patrols violated the North¡¯s territorial waters in the West Sea south of the Northern Limit Line (NLL).
		North Korean naval command claimed on Jan. 21, 24 and 27 that South Korean naval vessels were raising tensions by "nakedly" violating the North¡¯s territorial waters in the West Sea.
		South Korean military authorities plan to explain Seoul's position through intra-Korean communication channels to avoid a repeat of clashes in the waters along the NLL.
	english.chosun.com /w21data/html/news/200501/200501280020.html (281 words)

	South Korean Navy - - Naval Forces \| Defence Talk Forum
		Currently, the Korean Navy is divided into three sectors -- one each assigned to East, West and South Seas surrounding the southern half of the Korean peninsula.
		South Korea wants to be able to project power beyond the Korean peninsula and in order to that today a nation needs aircraft carriers.
		South Korea wants to be a major international player and an aircraft carrier combined with their new amphibious capability, the KDX destroyers and good logistical support would be the perfect way to place them in the same group as the other major powers and increase their international standing and national pride and prestige.
	www.defencetalk.com /forums/showthread.php?t=5032 (2854 words)

	IOL: South Korean Navy rescues two N Korean soldiers
		South Korea’s navy rescued a pair of North Korean soldiers from a small boat off the eastern Korean coast this weekend, but it was unclear if they had been planning to defect, a Defence Ministry official said today.
		The three-ton wooden boat was found drifting off South Korea’s eastern port of Sokcho, near the maritime border with communist North Korea, on Saturday night and the two soldiers were taken to a hospital, the official said, asking not to be identified as he was not authorised to speak to the media.
		While some North Koreans have defected by sea to the south, it is not unusual for the South Korean navy to rescue North Korean boats and return their crews home.
	breakingnews.iol.ie /news/story.asp?j=203841262&p=zx384y968 (211 words)

	People's Daily Online -- S.Korean navy regrets over DPRK's accusation
		South Korea and the DPRK always had quarrels over the controversial inter-Korean sea border - the Northern Limit Line (NLL) - which was unilaterally drawn by the US-led United Nations Command after the end of the Korean War (1950-1953).
		South Korea views the NLL as the de facto inter-Korean sea border, while the DPRK has not accepted it and claimed the sea border should be redrawn further south.
		The navies of the two countries fought bloody gun battles in 1999 and 2002 that resulted in heavy casualties on both sides around the western part of the NLL.
	english.people.com.cn /200504/19/eng20050419_181771.html (248 words)

	S.Korea Fires Shots at N.Korean Navy Boat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The South Korean navy immediately dispatched heavily armed patrol boats to confront the Northern intruder.
		The JCS said it believes the North Korean vessel strayed across the maritime border while overseeing the operation of Chinese fishing vessels near the disputed waters.
		Since the clash, the South Korean navy has moved to deploy 40 new larger patrol boats with missiles and 76-mm guns near the disputed waters.
	www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2002/11/20/63712.shtml (666 words)

	South Korean navy rescues two North Korean soldiers
		SEOUL, South Korea 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.wflxfox29.com /Global/story.asp?S=5793980&nav=menu98_3 (152 words)

	NTI: Submarine: South Korea Exports
		Judging by South Korea's continued domestic design endeavors and confidence in its ability to construct submarines, as witnessed by building the entire class of its new Type 214 vessels, South Korea is likely to succeed in developing an indigenous design and construction capacity in the near future.
		This has been confirmed by South Korean officials, who state that the next generation submarine will be designed and constructed using domestic technology, including torpedoes, countermeasure systems, sonar arrays, and even combat systems.[4] The cost of such a pursuit can only be offset by significant submarine exports.
		This material is produced independently for NTI by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, agents.
	www.nti.org /db/submarines/skorea/export.html (451 words)

	ROK Navy Ships--Sam Kak San (PC-703, 1950-1960)
		Sam Kak San, a 173-foot submarine chaser originally completed in 1945 as the USS PC-802, was transferred by the United States to the Republic of Korea in 1950.
		Arriving in South Korea shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War, she played an active role in the fighting in inshore waters and among the Korean peninsula's offshore islands.
		At the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, on 16 June 1950, following transfer to the South Korean Navy.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/rok/roksh-sz/samksn.htm (680 words)

	Jane's Information Group
		The UK Royal Navy "is funded to do what is asked of it", Admiral Sir Jonathon Band has said.
		Talks between South Korean and US officials set for February are expected to reaffirm US commitment to bringing Seoul under a ‘nuclear umbrella’.
		Overstretched South African armed forces will seek to offer alternative support to the AU peacekeeping mission in Somalia after announcing that it will not be contributing to infantry battalions.
	www.janes.com (1618 words)

	military forum - S. Korean navy tests SM-2 missile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The South Korean Navy successfully test-fired a mid-range ship-to-air guided missile, a senior naval official said yesterday.
		The SM-2 missile is the Navy's first mid-range anti-missile or anti-aircraft missile.
		The Navy commissioned three 3,000 ton-class destroyers in the late 1990s under the KDX-I program, and plans three 7,000 ton-class Aegis-equipped destroyers by 2012 under the KDX-III project.
	militaryforum.proboards24.com /index.cgi?board=asm&action=display&thread=1091540136&page=1 (322 words)

	Haze Gray & Underway Photo Feature: Republic of Korea Navy visits Vancouver
		Three ships of the Republic Of Korea (South Korean) Navy visited Vancouver, BC, from November 12, 2000 to November 15, 2000.
		During the visit, Korean sailors and members of the Korean Veterans' Association of Canada laid a wreath at Mountain View Cemetery to honor Canadians killed during the Korean War.
		The South Korean sailors who took the photographer out in a boat to photograph the ships from the water.
	www.hazegray.org /features/rok (285 words)

	Navy: Pirates Hijack South Korean Ship
		Pirates captured a South Korean-flagged fishing vessel off the coast of Somalia on Tuesday and efforts by a U.S. Navy ship and a Dutch vessel to intervene were abandoned when members of the South Korean crew were threatened with guns and the ship slipped into Somali territorial waters, the Navy said.
		Jeff Breslau, spokesman for the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet in Bahrain, said he did not know the number of crew aboard the South Korean vessel, the Dong Won.
		Members of the South Korean crew were seen on the deck of the Dong Won with guns pointed at them, so the intercept effort was broken off, he added.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/04/04/national/w115046D38.DTL (438 words)

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