Korean border gunfire an 'accident'
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November 2, 2010, Tuesday
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AN exchange of gunfire across the heavily armed border between the North Korea and South Korea last week was likely an accident and not a deliberate provocation by North Korea, a top lawmaker and former army general said yesterday.
The South Korean capital Seoul, about 100 kilometers south of the demilitarized zone, is on heightened alert ahead of next week's G20 summit over concerns Pyongyang may try to create an incident to embarrass its rival.
Hwang Jin-ha, who sits on the Seoul parliament's intelligence and North Korea committees, said Friday's skirmish was probably unintentional, doubting Pyongyang had meant it as part of a strategy to win concessions from the outside world.
North Korea's official Rodong Sinmun daily dismissed reports it would adopt such a strategy, saying Seoul wanted "to impair the international prestige of the DPRK and justify its moves for confrontation and war by labeling it a 'provocateur'."
Ties between the two countries sank to their lowest level in more than a decade when a South Korean navy ship was torpedoed in March, killing 46 sailors. Pyongyang denies it was to blame.
The South Korean capital Seoul, about 100 kilometers south of the demilitarized zone, is on heightened alert ahead of next week's G20 summit over concerns Pyongyang may try to create an incident to embarrass its rival.
Hwang Jin-ha, who sits on the Seoul parliament's intelligence and North Korea committees, said Friday's skirmish was probably unintentional, doubting Pyongyang had meant it as part of a strategy to win concessions from the outside world.
North Korea's official Rodong Sinmun daily dismissed reports it would adopt such a strategy, saying Seoul wanted "to impair the international prestige of the DPRK and justify its moves for confrontation and war by labeling it a 'provocateur'."
Ties between the two countries sank to their lowest level in more than a decade when a South Korean navy ship was torpedoed in March, killing 46 sailors. Pyongyang denies it was to blame.
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