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Seoul uses the site as an oceanic research center, having constructed an orange tower of beams and a helipad atop the rock in 2003. The rock is controlled by South Korea, where it is known as Ieodo. The formation lies within the economic zones of both China and South Korea, and it has long been a point of modest contention between the neighbors. Korea consists of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and several minor islands near the peninsula. China’s new aerial zone includes a rock 15 feet below the water’s surface known internationally as Socotra. Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia.Since 1945, it has been divided between two countries at or near the 38th parallel, North Korea (the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) and South Korea (the Republic of Korea). There was no response from China on the move, but a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday that the South’s expansion “should comply with international laws and conventions” and that Beijing is “ready to stay in communication” with Seoul.Ĭhina two weeks ago declared its own ADIZ across a wide section of the East China Sea - a move that Seoul, Tokyo and Washington have protested.

“We also appreciate commitment to implement this adjustment to its ADIZ in a manner consistent with international practice and respect for the freedom of overflight and other internationally lawful uses of international airspace,” the statement said. State Department, in a statement released after the South Korean announcement, said it had “conferred” with Seoul on the expansion, including in a meeting Friday between South Korean President Park ­Geun-hye and Vice President Biden. The South said the zone, known as an ADIZ, would take effect this coming Sunday. South Korea plans to hold talks with “related countries” to “prevent accidental military clashes” within the expanded zone, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. said the South Korean approach avoids confusion and threats to civilian airlines. Officials in Washington and across Asia say the competing aerial zones raise the risk of mishaps that could trigger a broader conflict. The new zone overlaps with some of the same area China laid claim to in November.

Air defense identification zones are not territorial claims, but they mark airspace that countries consider important to monitor. South Korea’s Ministry of ­National Defense said the new zone would include two small islands and a submerged rock that is the subject of a long- running dispute with China. The South’s decision, widely expected after a week of government discussions, marks the latest move in a regional struggle over airspace above the East China Sea. SEOUL - South Korea on Sunday announced the expansion of its air defense identification zone, extending it farther south into an area that overlaps with similar zones maintained by ­Japan and China. South Korea caught Beijing and Tokyo off guard Sunday with the announcement that Seoul’s existing air defense zone was being expanded about 150 miles to the south to include a submerged reef.