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Saturday 25 May 2013

N Korea in 'war' warning to South

A South Korean army K-9 self-propelled howitzer fires in a live-fire drill during annual exercise in Paju, south of the demilitarised zone (AP)

North Korea has vowed military action if South Korea fires inside its territorial waters.

The North Korean military statement is a response to an incident on Friday in which South Korea said its navy fired warning shots at North Korean fishing boats that crossed a disputed Yellow Sea boundary.

North Korea says Seoul's navy is using another unnamed nation's fishing boats to frame North Korean boats and to trespass.

It vows to "wage a great war" if there is more firing.

Fishing boats from China and both Koreas routinely jostle for position during Yellow Sea crab-catching season.

Several naval clashes since 1999 have left a few dozen dead.

Pyongyang does not recognise the maritime boundary that was drawn by the US-led UN Command at the end of the 1950-1953 Korean War.

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