Yellow Sea Border

Tens of thousands of North Koreans have fled to South Korea since the peninsula was divided by war in the 1950s, with most going overland to neighbouring China first, then entering a third country such as Thailand before entering South Korea.

The South Korean navy fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat that intruded over their disputed maritime border today, a day after the North's launch of a long-range rocket raised tensions.

North Korea warned Sunday of "merciless" attacks on South Korean border islands if Seoul stages live-fire drills Monday near the maritime border on the anniversary of Pyongyang's deadly shelling attack five years ago.

North Korea offered to return the body of a South Korean man found drifting north of the disputed Yellow Sea border, the South's unification ministry said.

North Korea made a surprise proposal Monday that the two Koreas suspend verbal mud-slinging and military hostilities especially near the disputed Yellow Sea border from this week.

North Korea on Thursday fired shells into disputed waters near a South Korean warship on patrol south of the Yellow Sea border, South Korea's defence ministry said.

A South Korean naval ship fired warning shots on Tuesday after three North Korean patrol boats crossed over the disputed maritime border in the Yellow Sea, military officials said.

A North Korean naval patrol boat briefly crossed the disputed Yellow Sea border with South Korea on Thursday while tracking Chinese fishing vessels, military officials in Seoul said.

Tens of thousands of North Koreans have fled to South Korea since the peninsula was divided by war in the 1950s, with most going overland to neighbouring China first, then entering a third country such as Thailand before entering South Korea.

The South Korean navy fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat that intruded over their disputed maritime border today, a day after the North's launch of a long-range rocket raised tensions.

North Korea warned Sunday of "merciless" attacks on South Korean border islands if Seoul stages live-fire drills Monday near the maritime border on the anniversary of Pyongyang's deadly shelling attack five years ago.

North Korea offered to return the body of a South Korean man found drifting north of the disputed Yellow Sea border, the South's unification ministry said.

North Korea made a surprise proposal Monday that the two Koreas suspend verbal mud-slinging and military hostilities especially near the disputed Yellow Sea border from this week.

North Korea on Thursday fired shells into disputed waters near a South Korean warship on patrol south of the Yellow Sea border, South Korea's defence ministry said.

A South Korean naval ship fired warning shots on Tuesday after three North Korean patrol boats crossed over the disputed maritime border in the Yellow Sea, military officials said.

A North Korean naval patrol boat briefly crossed the disputed Yellow Sea border with South Korea on Thursday while tracking Chinese fishing vessels, military officials in Seoul said.