South Korea asks North to help searchhelp search for missing navy sailor
South Korea requested North Korean assistance on July 12 to locate a missing navy sailor who went overboard during a security mission in the East Sea.
The sailor is believed to have drifted north of the Northern Limit Line, making the request a rare diplomatic overture that could ease tensions between the two nations.
- The NLL was never formally agreed upon by North Korea, which calls it an illegal boundary.
- South Korea has previously asked North for help finding missing fishermen in the past decade.
- About 150 South Korean sailors have gone missing at sea since the 1990s.
