The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday argued that South Korean navy warships have increasingly intruded into what it calls its territorial waters in the Yellow Sea, aggravating tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

“The South Korean puppet navy warships' intrusion into the territorial waters of the DPRK side... has recently been on an explosive increase,” reported the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

"In the past ten days alone, the South Korean puppet forces infiltrated with a total of 101 navy warships into the waters of the DPRK on 81 occasions," said the KCNA, adding that this amount of intrusions nearly doubles that of what took place in March alone.

However, South Korea has tried to justify the intrusions, saying that their warships sailed into the waters to “intercept illegal fishing boats,” according to the KCNA.

The DPRK’s complaints came amid growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The United States and South Korea are conducting joint military exercises, while the US carrier USS Carl Vinson sailed into the Sea of Japan on Saturday en route to waters near the Korean Peninsula, conducting a joint drill with Japan.

The news agency went on to say that the increased infiltration intends to make the Northern Limit Line a 'fait accompli' under the plea of checking for "illegal fishing" operations.

The Northern Limit Line, or NLL, is a disputed maritime demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between the DPRK and South Korea. As the DPRK has never officially recognized the NLL, the navies of the two countries patrol the area regularly.

The DPRK has carried out several ballistic missile tests against UN resolutions with the latest one carried out earlier Saturday morning, which is reported to have failed.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on the DPRK to halt its nuclear weapons and missile programs, while also urging the US and South Korea to refrain from conducting military drills.

"China has put forward the proposal of full suspension, which is built on the dual-track approach. The dual-track approach aims to promote parallel progress in the denuclearization of the peninsula and the establishment of a peace mechanism in a synchronized and reciprocal manner, ultimately achieving both goals together,” said Wang during a meeting of foreign ministers from the UN Security Council.

"The suspension-for-suspension proposal, which calls for the suspension of nuclear and missile activities by the DPRK and the suspension of large-scale military exercises by the US and South Korea, seeks to bring the two sides back to the negotiating table, thus initiating the first step of the dual-track approach," Wang said.

Wang also said that the DPRK did not present any objection to the suspension-for-suspension proposal and China is still waiting for the US to agree.