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Monday, March 31, 2014

DPRK declares no-navigation zone in western border: S.Korea

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) declared a no-navigation zone in waters near the western maritime border Monday, indicating another missile launches, South Korea's Defense Ministry said.

The DPRK issued the warning, which bans ships from sailing near the Northern Limit Line (NLL), or the disputed sea border, hinting that it would conduct firing exercises with rocket-propelled artillery guns near the tense maritime border.

Army Col. Wi Wong-seop, vice spokesman at the South Korean Defense Ministry, told a routine press briefing that Pyongyang informed Seoul of its shooting exercise plan, saying such a notice is believed to have an intention of raising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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