North Korea has requested that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) review a proposal to establish new routes between DPRK airspace and South Korean airspace, ICAO told NK News on Friday.

The request was made by North Korea’s General Administration of Civil Aviation to ICAO’s Asia and Pacific Regional Office in Bangkok in February, the body said.

The request specifically is for “the establishment of a new ATS routes (sic) between the Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR) and the Incheon FIR.” FIR refers to Flight Information Region and typically dictates territorial airspace.

“The request was conveyed to the Korea Office of