Seoul says the North Korean vessel was chasing an unarmed one from the North, which the South seized.
patrol boat that temporarily crossed the countries' disputed western sea boundary while chasing an unarmed North Korean vessel.
South Korean military officials seized the North Korean vessel being chased by the patrol boat and were questioning its seven crewmembers. South Korea has patrolled waters around the Northern Limit Line for decades after it was drawn up by the U.N. command at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. North Korea doesn't recognize the line and insists upon a boundary that encroaches deeply into waters currently controlled by the South.
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