N. Korea says S. Korea moved border marker in 'serious military provocation'

(ATTN: ADDS defense ministry trying to verify N. Koreas claim at bottom)
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea claimed Wednesday that South Korea has
arbitrarily moved a military demarcation line marker in a "serious military
provocation" violating the armistice of the Korean War.

The warning came as tension has mounted along the inter-Korean border following
Pyongyang's rocket launch and threats over an industrial complex jointly run with
South Korea.
The North's official Korean Central News Agency said South Korea's army "recently
moved Marker No. 0768 of the Military Demarcation Line" dozens of meters closer
to North Korea's side in the east
"This serious military provocation is a wanton violation of the Armistice
Agreement and a deliberate and premeditated action to escalate tension in the
areas along the MDL," it said.
The report demanded South Korea immediately retrieve the marker.
"Should it do not accept the just demand of the DPRK, the latter will take a
measure for self-defense and the South Korean warmongers will be held entirely
accountable for all the ensuing consequences," it said.
South and North Korea technically remain in a state of war as the 1950-53 Korean
War ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.
South Korea's defense ministry said it was trying to verify whether the marker
has been moved.
hkim@yna.co.kr
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