The Guardian
December 8, 2013
The area of China’s so-called “Air Defense Zone,” which South Korea partially overlapped with their own zone.
South Korea says it has extended its air defence zone to partially
overlap with a similar zone declared by China two weeks ago that has
sharply raised regional tensions.
Beijing’s declaration of an air defence identification zone in an
area that includes islands at the heart of a territorial dispute with
Japan has triggered protests from the United States, Japan, South Korea
and Australia.
Announcing the expansion of its own zone to include two territorial
islands to the south and a submerged rock also claimed by China, South
Korea’s defence ministry said the move would not infringe on
neighbouring countries’ sovereignty.
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