31.   North Korean patrol boats again crossed a disputed sea border Saturday after the communist state threatened to attack South Korean warships in contested waters of the Yellow Sea.

32.   North Korea had also protested the South Korean plan to build the facility on Kulop close to the western sea border with the North.

33.   Rejecting such demands, the U.N. Command proposed that ships from both Koreas honor a U.N.-imposed sea border and improve communications to avoid further clashes.

34.   Russia and Iran are two of the five countries that border the sea and which are trying to negotiate a treaty on its use.

35.   South Korea says its fishermen have the right to fish there until bilateral treaties are concluded on fishing rights and new sea borders.

36.   Taiwanese police clash frequently with Chinese fishing boats that cross the sea border to smuggle or fish illegally.

37.   South Korean officials said the disputed sea border was calm on Sunday.

38.   South Korea and China were unable to agree on a temporary sea border after two days of talks, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

39.   Taiwanese police clash frequently with Chinese fishermen who they say cross the sea border to smuggle or fish illegally.

40.   The armistice never demarcated a sea border, and the American-led U.N. Command subsequently drew a line as a buffer to avoid armed clashes.