Asia-Pacific
DPRK declares no sail zone off west coast
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-26 22:40
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SEOUL: South Korea's Ministry of Defense is verifying the news report that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) declared Tuesday a no sail zone off west coast, the ministry's press office told Xinhua.
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South Korean military is trying to figure out if the move is part of the routine military exercises or preparation for firing a short-range missile, Yonhap said.
The NLL was fixed unilaterally by the US-led United Nations Command after the Korean War (1950-1953). Seoul holds the NLL as the de-facto western inter-Korean maritime border, but Pyongyang does not accept it.
