After the South Korean army fired seven times on the 38th line and fired more than 60 ammunition, the mysterious North Korean vessels dropped at the last moment.

It is reported that at around 5 am on the 26th, a North Korean ship crossed the 38th line in the Yellow Sea. At that time, the ship once crossed the border for 5 kilometers and stayed on the Korean side for about an hour.

Han Jun said that they paid continuous attention to the ship since it approached the northern border, and issued more than one radio warning during this period.

However, none of the above has changed the direction of the North Korean vessels, and the South Korean army can only choose the way to open fire to upgrade the warning.

During this period, the machine guns and naval guns on the Korean frigate "Cheonan" fired about 7 times, and a total of 60 rounds of ammunition were fired-yes, the name of the "Cheonan" that was sunk that year was re-enabled.

As a result, after firing, the North Korean ship involved chose to turn around and go west and left the South Korean waters at 6 a.m.

In the context of the ongoing tension on the peninsula, whether it be ¡°crossing the border¡± or ¡°pushing fire¡± is stimulating the already tense nerves of all parties.

There are at least two questions about the matter.First, what is the identity of the North Korean ship and who is carrying it?Second, the act of crossing the border was intentional or unintentional.

To these two questions, the Koreans gave their answers.

According to the South Korean military, it is a 140-meter-long North Korean merchant ship, the probability of "deliberate crossing the border" is relatively low.

Of course, they did not forget to mention the movement of the Korean army, saying that they had not found any abnormal activities of the Korean army yet, stressing that the Korean army was maintaining a high degree of alert and would resolutely respond to it and defend the maritime border under any circumstances.

It can be seen very clearly that for the North Korean vessels "cross-border" case, the South Korean side from the scene to the aftermath notification, are intentionally "reducing".

At the scene, South Korea did not rush to take vigorous measures, at first it was only broadcasting warnings, until after the North Korean vessels were further deepened and stopped for a while, they chose to open fire alarms.

After the other side noticed and left, the Korean side did not take any further action.

In the aftermath of the notification, whether it is to emphasize its "business ship" identity, or to think that its "deliberate cross-border" probability is relatively low, is not wanting to make things big.

From this it can be seen that after the new South Korean government took office, the South Korean side was indeed more cautious in dealing with North Korean affairs.

At least from this incident, the Korean side has not yet shown any signs of "loan play".

And what is North Korea's tone about this maritime friction? The current situation is that as of press time, the DPRK has not responded.

Therefore, in this matter, at this stage, it is more of a one-sided statement of the South Korean side.

However, compared to something similar three years ago, we can still produce some different flavors.

The last time a North Korean ship crossed the border south occurred in October 2022. At that time, the Korean army used machine guns to fire 20 bullets to expel him.

On that occasion, North Korea's response was extremely quick and strong. More than an hour later, it used rocket launchers to launch deterrent warning shots near the sea area where the incident occurred.

South Korea uses machine guns, North Korea uses rocket cannons, and the intention to repress by force is not clear.

This time, North Korea did not speak out at the first time, and it appears that one thing from the side is that Pyongyang does not want to make the matter bigger.

Of course, although the South Korean side is actively downplaying the subjectivity of this North Korean ship's "crossing the border", the matter itself still leaves room for speculation.

The actions of the North Korean vessels, is it simply a mistake? or according to the line on the North side, is not over the border? or is the North Korean vessels are intentionally testing, look at where the bottom line of the South is?

In addition, although it is a "merchant ship" on the surface, who operates the ship when it "crosses the border"? After all, the South Korean side has not realized boarding inspection, and some things can only be visually inspected and inferred.

From the outcome, this thing seems to have passed, far from being called a "fireplace", but there is no doubt that this indeed sparked a little hustle to the peninsula situation that had already flooded.

Whether for the two Korean countries, or for the surrounding countries, the relevant situation should be paid more attention afterwards.

At present, the situation on the peninsula is quite complicated, and South Korea is continuing to release friendly signals.

In recent days, Li emphasized that South Korea respects the DPRK regime, does not seek any form of "absorption and unification" and does not intend to carry out any hostile activities.

He claimed that South Korea would first cut off the "vicious circle of unnecessary military tension and hostile behavior" between the DPRK and the ROK and end the era of hostility and confrontation on the Korean Peninsula.

And for the olive branch thrown by Lee in Ming, Pyongyang seems to be ignorant. but at the same time, the North Korean leader cried out to the United States, saying that if the United States can accept the reality of North Korea as a nuclear state, the two countries must not go hand in hand together.

He also mentioned that he had a "good memory" with US President Trump.

From this perspective, if it was the olive branch of the United States, the DPRK would not necessarily meet, and if the US-DPRK relationship appears to be relaxed, the DPRK relationship is not likely to remain tense.

To sum up, although the North Korean merchant ship crossing the border incident ended with the South Korean side firing warning, both sides showed some restraint and did not escalate the situation.

The Korean side intends to degrade the colour of "deliberate cross-border", and the DPRK has not responded as quickly and harshly as the last time, reflecting the delicate probation and caution in the current situation on the peninsula.

Although the incident is temporarily over, it reminds all parties that the situation on the peninsula is still in a tumultuous state, and that any wind blowing requires high attention.