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Analysis Kim Jong Un’s cryptic reference to new maritime border raises naval stakesDeclaration that North Korean warships will patrol ‘middle demarcation lines’ could signal intent to challenge NLL  At North Korea’s grand reveal of its largest warship to date last week, leader Kim Jong Un declared that the DPRK’s naval forces will now patrol not only coastal waters but also what he called “the waters of middle demarcation lines” with other countries. While state media has yet to define the terminology, it appears to represent a fresh challenge to the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto maritime border that has separated the two Koreas since the 1953 armistice, raising the risk of new tensions in historically contested waters. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |
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