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South Korea's military said Thursday one of its planes had flown through China's newly-declared air defence zone in the East China Sea without informing Beijing.
South Korea's military said Thursday one of its planes had flown through China's newly-declared air defence zone in the East China Sea without informing Beijing.
The flight on Tuesday was part of a regular military surveillance exercise around a disputed, submerged, South Korean-controlled rock -- known as Ieodo -- that has long been a source of diplomatic tension with Beijing.
"We did not notify China," a defence ministry spokesman said. China unilaterally declared a new "air defence identification zone" on Saturday over an area that includes Ieodo, as well as a set of islands at the centre of a tense territorial dispute between China and Japan.
Both Tokyo and Seoul have rejected China's demand that all aircraft traversing the zone file flight plans and ID details, and two US B-52 bombers flew through the area on Monday without complying.
The South Korean spokesman said military planes would continue to fly over the Ieodo area without providing any notification to China.
South Korea's military said Thursday one of its planes had flown through China's newly-declared air defence zone in the East China Sea without informing Beijing.
The flight on Tuesday was part of a regular military surveillance exercise around a disputed, submerged, South Korean-controlled rock -- known as Ieodo -- that has long been a source of diplomatic tension with Beijing.
"We did not notify China," a defence ministry spokesman said. China unilaterally declared a new "air defence identification zone" on Saturday over an area that includes Ieodo, as well as a set of islands at the centre of a tense territorial dispute between China and Japan.
Both Tokyo and Seoul have rejected China's demand that all aircraft traversing the zone file flight plans and ID details, and two US B-52 bombers flew through the area on Monday without complying.
The South Korean spokesman said military planes would continue to fly over the Ieodo area without providing any notification to China.
