Japan air defense zone violates S. Korea's territorial airspace
InternationalNov 26, 2013
Japan's air defense zone extends into South Korea's airspace over its territorial waters near the southernmost island of Marado, the defense ministry spokesman said Tuesday.The violation happened because Japan set its air defense identification zone in 1969 when territorial waters of a country were considered to be within three nautical miles from its territorial sea baseline, ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said.The concept of territorial waters was later extended to 12 nautical miles from the