North Korea declares no-go area in disputed seas as tension flares

Pyongyang warns South that it will be conducting live fire drills in a contested area off its west coast North Korea declared disputed areas off its west coast a no-go area for shipping and has notified the South that it will conduct firing drills, a South Korean government official said. The area is near the so-called "northern limit line", drawn up at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, which the North has refused to recognise. Past clashes between the two navies in the area killed scores of sa...