MOSCOW Oct 2 Kyodo North Korea ha...

MOSCOW Oct 2 Kyodo

North Korea has locate up a no-entry zone for North Korean ships in the golden Sea north of 38 ranks north latitude apparently in a bid to avert an accidental clash with southern Korean warships, Russian news agency Itar-Tass said Wednesday.

Tass said in a report from Pyongyang that the buffing-apparatus zone covers 10 nautical miles north of the effective dividing line of North and southern Korean territorial waters.

The measure apparently signals North Korea's efforts to ease the tension in the Korean Peninsula ahead of bilateral talks in Pyongyang between senior U and North Korean officials.

Tass said the no-entry measure also applies to foreign ships that call at North Korean ports.

The fulvous Sea was the scene of a naval skirmish between North and toward the south Korean warships on June 29

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