Inter-Korean Relations
Official Reaction on the Cheonan
The official reactions to the findings of the investigation into the sinking of the Cheonan continue. An executive summary of the official, international investigation can be read here. Yonhap provides a chronology of related events. […]
Official Word on the Cheonan
The ROK’s international investigation team has issued its official finding that the March 2010 sinking of the Cheonan was caused by a North Korean torpedo. Yoon Duk-yong said the torpedo was likely fired from DPRK […]
Serial Numbers and Diplorep Briefings In Seoul
Chosun Ilbo reports that torpedo propellers and a serial number with a North Korean font were discovered in the Cheonan wreckage. Northeast Asia Matters translated the CI‘s front page story from which I excerpted below: […]
NK Denied Role in Cheonan to China
Yonhap reports that the DPRK denied any role in the Cheonan. Kim Jong Il did not seem to make the denial himself, Chinese Ambassador Zhang Xinsen told ROK legislators that “other channels conveyed Pyongyang’s stance.” […]
ROK Military Will Identify NK as Cheonan Assailant
Kim So-hyun reports in Korea Herald that the South Korean military will issue a statement this Thursday that identifies the DPRK as responsible for the March sinking of the Cheonan. The South Korean military is […]
NK Patrol Boats Cross NLL
Yonhap reports that two North Korean patrol boats crossed the Northern Limit Line Saturday, in two separate incidents. Two North Korean patrol boats crossed into South Korean waters in separate incidences on Saturday night but […]
ROK Wants NK to Pay the Price for Cheonan
Yonhap reported late last week that investigators found “traces of gunpowder” in the wreckage of the ROK naval corvette Cheonan. Choe Sang-hun reports in the IHT/NYT: Forensic experts investigating the wreckage of a South Korean […]
