South Korea tightens security after signs of possible infiltration

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South Korea tightens security after signs of possible infiltration
Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's military went into a high state of alert today, tightening roadblocks and traffic checks north of Seoul after finding signs of possible infiltration by North Korean agents, officials said. ADVERTISEMENT


The increased security along the roads between the tense border and Seoul came as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell was visiting South Korea to discuss a strategy for restarting stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programs.

South Korean border guards found a hole in the wire fence that forms the southern boundary of the 2.5-mile wide Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas, said Brig. Gen. Hwang Joong-sun of the South Korean Office of Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The 16- by 12-inch hole, which was cut through two layers of wire fence meters yards apart, was discovered early Tuesday near Yeoncheon, a border town 40 miles north of Seoul.

North Korea had no immediate comment, but it has a long history of staging border infiltration and other military provocations in apparent attempts to hike tension and increase its leverage at times of crucial negotiations.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/world/2866837

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