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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7481894" data-attributes="member: 92282">Two North Korean patrol boats crossed into South Korean waters in  separate incidences on Saturday night but retreated after the South  Korean Navy fired warning shots, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JSC)  said Sunday.     According to JSC officials, a North Korean  naval boat crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the Yellow Sea at  10:13 p.m. Saturday and came about 2.2 kilometers into South Korean  waters. The North Korean boat sailed back to the North 30 minutes later  after receiving a warning communication from the South Korean Navy, they  said.      But another North Korean patrol boat violated the  western sea border about 47 minutes later at 11:30 p.m., sailing about  2.1 km into South Korean waters, they said. The second boat from the  North retreated nine minutes later after the South fired two rounds of  warning shots, they added.      It is the first time that a North  Korean naval vessel has violated the NLL since the sinking of a South  Korean warship, the Cheonan, near the western sea border on March 26.       The NLL, the de facto maritime border between the two Koreas, was  drawn by a U.S. commander at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, which  ended without a formal peace treaty. North Korea claims the line should  be drawn farther south.      "There seemed to be no particular  reason behind North Korea's latest maritime border violations, as the  North's patrol boats have frequently violated the NLL in the past," said  a military official in Seoul.      "But we're closely analyzing  the actual intention, as the violations came following the sinking of  the Cheonan patrol boat."      Another military official said the  North Korean military may have crossed the NLL to gauge the South  Korean Navy's reaction in the wake of the Cheonan incident, in which 46  sailors were killed.      The latest provocation came as a joint  team of civilian and military investigators in Seoul was set to announce  the outcome of their investigation into what caused the sinking around  Thursday.      According to government sources, South Korean  military authorities have concluded that the sinking of the Cheonan was  caused by a North Korean torpedo attack and are planning to issue a  statement of stern warning against the communist North by later this  week at the earliest.<a href="http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/05/16/95/0301000000AEN20100516001500315F.HTML" target="_blank">Yonhap</a></blockquote>

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