With all this uncertainty, South Korea now fears the North could provoke an incident that could endanger the shipping lanes there. Our own Ian Williams reports from an island just two miles from the North South border. Navigating his ferry through the fog off Korea’s western coast, these are uneasy times for Captain Kim Yong Gun. He approaches the disputed sea border with North Korea which only last month issued a new threat to the safety of ships here. “Feels more tense?” “Yeah, more tense. More tense.”

The Korean Express docks at YOUN PYUNG! A fortress like slitter가늘게 쪼개진곳 of mountainous land and the nearest S. Korean island to the border, just 2 miles away! Navies from the two Koreas last clashed here in 2002 when 6 S. Korean soldiers died and an unknown number from the North!. Now S. Korea has moved extra forces to the area. The coast guards, special commando force are aware that this is the most likely flash poin인화점t! Should the North decide to further raise the stakes after its recent missile tests! “North Korea is on high alert, and so are we!” YOUNPYUNG’S tiny population, just 1500, are mostly fishermen. Their livers are now overshadowed by the barrages연발사격 of threats from the North preventing them from accessing the most lucrative돈이 많이벌리는 fishing grounds which are close to the border.