(VOVworld) - South Korea launched an operation Friday to drive out illegal Chinese fishing boats from neutral waters close to the disputed sea border with the North.

South Korea launched an operation to drive out illegal Chinese fishing boats from neutral waters close to the disputed sea border with the North AFP/Kim Jae-Hwan

Seoul has put considerable diplomatic efforts but China’s trawlers continued their illegal fishing in the neutral waters of the Han River estuary. South Korea joined the US-led United Nations Command to patrol the waters.