Off the wire
• Australian zoo to close "indefinitely" after ATM explosion robbery  • Winning lottery ticket worth 30 million USD unclaimed in Australia  • Tokyo shares open higher on rising hopes for tax hike delay  • Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 27  • Dollar changes hands in upper 109 yen zone in early Tokyo trading  • Mother of U.S. "affluenza" teen indicted for helping son escape to Mexico  • Six hacked bodies found in taxi in central Mexico  • Argentinian players threatened with firearms  • French Open day 5 results at Roland Garros  • Friday' s order of play on show courts at Roland Garros  
You are here: 　 Home

DPRK's patrol boat returns after crossing maritime border with S. Korea

Xinhua, May 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

A patrol boat and a fishing boat from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) returned to the north after crossing the maritime border with South Korea as the South Korean military fired warning shots.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Friday that the DPRK patrol and fishing boats violated some 640 meters south of the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the west sea at about 7:30 a.m. local time.

The South Korean Navy fired five warning shots with 40-mm warship guns after issuing warning broadcasts, and then the DPRK boats returned to the north at 7:38 a.m.

It marked the second time this year since Feb. 8 that DPRK vessels have crossed the NLL illegally. Enditem