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>From Korea Herald
> Trade row with France, Holland looming over dioxin
>
> Korea seems to be heading for possible trade frictions with
> France and the Netherlands as the two European nations are strongly
> protesting against a ban on the sale of pork imported from them.
>
> France and Holland have lodged official complaints with the
> government, demanding the measure be taken back, the Ministry of
> Agriculture and Forestry said yesterday.
>
> In an official letter sent by the French Embassy to the Korean
> government, France alleged that its pork, beef, chicken and dairy
> products are free from dioxin, a cancer-causing chemical, the ministry
> said.
>
> The ministry quoted the letter as maintaining that the French
> quarantine authorities have already taken swift and effective measures
> to stem dioxin contamination.
>
> The Netherlands also filed a formal compliant with the
> government, alleging that samples of animal feed imported from Belgium
> have tested negative for dioxin, the ministry said.
>
> The two nations contended that Korea's sale ban is too harsh
> given that Japan and the United States have not slapped a ban on the
> local distribution of pork imported from them, the ministry said.
>
> A ministry official said France and the Netherlands are hinting
> at taking retaliatory measures against Korean products but that the
> sales ban will stay in place until the safety of pork imported from
> the two countries is ensured.
>
> In addition, Belgium has also sent the government an official
> document alleging that pork produced in the country is safe for
> consumption, he said.
>
> Amid the escalating scandal over dioxin-tainted meat imports, the
> Korean government officially banned the domestic sale and use of pork
> imported from Belgium, France and the Netherlands Monday.
>
> According to the ministry, 8,776 tons of pork have been imported
> from Belgium, France and the Netherlands since Jan. 15 this year with
> 5,826 tons presumed to be circulation in the market.
>
>
>
> Updated: 06/10/1999
> by Kwak Young-sup Staff reporter
>From KoreaTimes
> Seoul Gauging Motives Behind NK Incursion
> <Picture>
> 06/11(��) 17:09
>
> By Lee Chang-sup
>
> Staff Reporter
>
>
>
> Seoul officials are gauging the motives behind the North Korean Navy's
> incursion into the Northern Line Limit (NLL) buffer zone on the west
> coast of the Korean Peninsula.
>
> They speculate that the hardliners in the North Korean military are
> testing the patience of the Kim Dae-jung administration and its
> Sunshine Policy of engaging with the reclusive country.
>
> As an attempt to find excuses to sabotage Seoul's peace gesture, the
> North Korean military might have dispatched its Navy ships, they
> conjectured. Ahead of the June 22 meeting in Beijing between vice
> ministers of the two Koreas, North Korea is testing the will of the
> South Korean government, they said.
>
> It is clear that in the North, both doves and hawks are clashing
> frequently over ways of responding to Seoul's peace gestures, they
> said.
>
> As the NLL was drawn unilaterally by the South, North Korea is seeking
> to nullify the artificial line, they speculated.
>
> As the area has abundant fish resources, the North Korean Navy is
> seeking to help famine-stricken North Korean fishermen catch as many
> fish as possible, they noted.
>
> The incursion, which ended without armed conflict yesterday, is also
> intended to divide public opinion in the South on Kim's Sunshine
> Policy, they added.
>
> But as there is no way of understanding North Korea's motives, ``we
> are just speculating,'' they noted.
>
> A key presidential aide said yesterday that the Seoul government has
> been in close contact with its allies over the incursion of North
> Korean Navy ships into the Northern Line Limit (NLL) off the west
> coast.
>
> ``If necessary, we allies agree to cooperate with each other (on
> contingency),'' said Hwang Won-tak, senior presidential secretary for
> foreign affairs and national security affairs.
>
> He said it is an undeniable fact that North Korean Navy ships have
> crossed the NLL buffer zone, which is a clearly provocative act,
> adding that North Korean Navy ships are acting as if the buffer water
> territory is their own.
>
> Hwang said as it was a clear violation of the armistice agreement, the
> South has asked for the opening of a meeting at the truce village of
> Panmumjon, which Pyongyang rejected.
>
> He said North Korea refused to accept the message asking for the
> meeting, saying it is an instruction from its leadership.
> Diplomatically, Seoul has informed its allies of the incursion of
> North Korean ships, he said.
>
> He recalled one of the three principles laid out in President Kim's
> Shunshine Policy of open engagement with North Korea, ``no toleration
> of military provocation by the North.''
>
> The Korean Navy has no reason to think of the forthcoming meeting in
> Beijing of vice ministers between the South and the North.
>
>
>
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Also from KoreaTimes
> ROK Vessels Turn Back N.Korean Boats With Intentional Collisions
> <Picture>
> 06/11(��) 16:56
>
> South Korean patrol boats intentionally collided with Northern vessels
> after they intruded into the buffer zone of the South yesterday in an
> effort to force them back to their own waters.
>
> Four of the six North Korean vessels were damaged owing to the
> collision and all six intruding boats retreated to their waters. In
> the process, there was no exchange of gunfire and some South Korean
> patrol boats were damaged slightly.
>
> However, four North Korean boats reentered the South's waters later,
> escorting dozens of their crab-fishing boats. One of the four remained
> with the fishing boats while three others were taking up a position
> approximately 2 km south of the maritime border line.
>
> The vessel collision occurred in an area some 11.7 km west of the
> Yonpyong-do Island between 11:40 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. The collision
> spot was 10-11 km south of the Northern Limit Line which South Korea
> claims as the practical demarcation line.
>
> The intentional collision was part of South Korea's efforts to end the
> naval standoff in the western sea as early as possible.
>
> Four Northern vessels sailed back into South Korean waters before dawn
> while escorting a dozen fishing boats. The patrol boats took up
> positions inside the crab rich fishing area, some 10 km west of
> Yonpyong-do Island in the West Sea, as they have done since Monday.
> Two more patrol boats joined the Northern flotilla later.
>
> The latest crossing was North Korea's fifth intrusion in as many days.
> At first their main mission was thought to be the guarding of fishing
> vessels operating in the area, but military experts feared that the
> reclusive communist North aimed to nullify the NLL, which has served
> as the practical maritime border line between the two Koreas for
> decades.
>
> Earlier, the Defense Ministry said it would end the protracted
> maritime standoff in the West Sea quickly while the military
> confrontation moved into its fifth day.
>
> Defense Minister Cho Seong-tae convened an emergency meeting of top
> military leaders during which participants agreed to terminate the
> naval confrontation by mobilizing all forces sooner or later.
>
> ``We are deploying a far superior amount of military power against
> North Korean patrol boats. Dozens of warships such as frigates and
> destroyers in other regions are sailing into the West Sea,'' ministry
> spokesman Brig. Gen. Cha Young-koo said, declaring South Korea's firm
> determination to defend the NLL at all costs.
>
> He told reporters that the Armed Forces of the South were arming
> ship-to-ship missiles and warships in preparation for combined
> operations. ``The Air Force was ordered to remain more alert and
> increase airborne patrols. To counter any North Korean provocations,
> the deployment of the Special Warfare Command is being prepared,'' the
> spokesman said.
>
> Minister Cho met with John Tilelli, the commander-in-chief of the
> Combined Forces Command yesterday morning, to inform him of the latest
> developments in the West Sea and asked for increased U.S. forces in
> the event that the situation sours further.
>
> Although the South's intentional collision succeeded in forcing the
> intruding North Korean patrol boats back to their waters for the
> moment, the incident may escalate into an all-out armed clash between
> the two Koreas, which are still technically at war 46 years after the
> Korean War was ended without a peace treaty.
>
> Military experts say the big question is whether North Korea will stop
> crossing into Southern waters after the intentional collision. If the
> heavily-armed North tries to take revenge at South Korea in the wake
> of the incident, military tensions on the Korean peninsula could
> escalate further.
>
> The disputed waters lie just south of a U.N-imposed sea border between
> the North Korean mainland and five South Korean islands. North Korea
> has challenged the border since the late 1970s. In the past four days,
> it has sent patrol boats into the area to dramatize its claim to
> waters around the islands.
>
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