Serious tensions arose between Pyongyang and Seoul on Tuesday, but that appears to have been resolved.
The Channel News Asia According to his report, the South Korean military returned to North Korea the detained ship, which was seized yesterday along the disputed sea on the border between the two countries.
The ship rowed to South Korea’s border island of Baekjeong, which the navy initially attempted to dislodge by firing warning shots and then seizing the ship in violation of the maritime boundary.
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According to the South Korean Ministry of Defense, the North Korean sailors claimed to have drifted into southern waters due to navigational and mechanical problems and immediately indicated they were returning to North Korea.
There have been countless clashes between the two countries at sea in recent years as North Korea does not recognize the borders set by the southerners. The most serious manifestation of this was in 2010, when 46 sailors were killed in an attack on a South Korean warship, but Pyongyang denied responsibility.
