calendar>>August 19 2010 Juch 99
South Korean Boat Intercepted
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- A south Korean fishing boat was intercepted by navy men of the Korean People's Army on their routine maritime guard duty at around 10:15 on August 8 when it was engaged in a fishing operation in the economic waters of the East Sea of the DPRK.

According to a preliminary investigation, there were four south Koreans and three Chinese on board and in their testimonies they confessed that they intruded into the economic waters of the DPRK.

The investigation is now going on.

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