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DPRK urges US, S. Korea to withdraw heavy weapons
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June 28, 2010, Monday
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has urged the United States and South Korea to withdraw heavy weapons from the truce village of Panmunjom, the official Korean Central News Agency reported today.
The DPRK's Panmunjom Mission of the Korean People's Army (KPA) urges the United States and South Korea to withdraw the heavy weapons they deployed in the south side of the area around the Panmunjom Conference Hall, the KCNA said.
Those heavy weapons were brought in by the US forces at around 7:25 am (2225 GMT) on Saturday, it said.
The introduction of heavy weapons to the area where armed forces of both sides stand in acute confrontation was "a premeditated provocation aimed to spark off a serious military conflict," the KCNA quoted the Panmunjom Mission of the KPA as saying.
The US forces should immediately withdraw all those weapons already in the area, or the KPA would "take strong military countermeasures," it added.
According to the Armistice Agreement that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War, the forces of both sides in the area around the Panmunjom Conference Hall can only take small arms such as pistols and rifles. Heavy weapons are banned in the area.
The DPRK's Panmunjom Mission of the Korean People's Army (KPA) urges the United States and South Korea to withdraw the heavy weapons they deployed in the south side of the area around the Panmunjom Conference Hall, the KCNA said.
Those heavy weapons were brought in by the US forces at around 7:25 am (2225 GMT) on Saturday, it said.
The introduction of heavy weapons to the area where armed forces of both sides stand in acute confrontation was "a premeditated provocation aimed to spark off a serious military conflict," the KCNA quoted the Panmunjom Mission of the KPA as saying.
The US forces should immediately withdraw all those weapons already in the area, or the KPA would "take strong military countermeasures," it added.
According to the Armistice Agreement that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War, the forces of both sides in the area around the Panmunjom Conference Hall can only take small arms such as pistols and rifles. Heavy weapons are banned in the area.
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