09-151.pdf

November-
January 1974
612 Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula
North Korea intrude on nine occasions into waters contiguous
to the five islands under UNC control in violation of Paragraph
15 to support its claim for the islands.
December 1 At the 346th MAC meeting, North Korea charges the UNC and
South Korea with intrusions by naval destroyers, but the South
denies the charges and instead charges two North Korean
patrol vessels with violating waters contiguous to the five
islands. The KPA/CPV rejects the claim.
December 24 At the 347th MAC meeting, the North criticizes the South for
intruding into its coastal waters, claims its responsibility for the
five islands and refutes the South’s claim on them. The South
protests that the North had obstructed civilian traffic and
military ships between Inch’ôn and Yônp’yông Island and
refutes the North’s claim on the islands.
1974
January 18 South Korea suggests a “North-South Mutual Non-aggression
Pact” that North Korea rejects.
February 15 North Korean patrol vessels sink the South Korean fishing boat
Suwon-ho 32 in the West Sea. South Korea protests the
incident, rejects the claim that the boats were “espionage
vessels” and urges the return of the fishermen via Panmunjom.
February 27 At the SNCC talks in Panmunjom, South Korea urges North
Korea to confess its responsibility for the February 15 incident,
but North Korea refuses and urges confessions and apologies
from South Korea.
February 28 At the 348th MAC meeting, the South protests the February 15
attack on two fishing boats and urges the return of the survivor
and the Suwon-ho 33, but the North does not respond.
March 11 At Red Cross talks held in the NNSC conference room, South
Korea Demands repatriation of the fishermen, but in 2007 the
whereabouts of the crew still remained unknown.