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Lina Park
Lina Park is a news trainee at NK News. She previously researched North Korean human rights issues at Hanvoice and South Korean foreign relations at the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada.
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News China fired flares at aircraft monitoring North Korea sanctions, Australia saysBeijing alleges Australian helicopter violated its airspace, defending actions as ‘lawful and safe’ A Chinese fighter jet fired flares toward an Australian helicopter participating in a mission to monitor North Korea sanctions in the Yellow Sea this month, according to Canberra, accusing China of endangering the aircraft and its crew. Australian authorities alleged that the Chinese jet launched the flares toward the Royal Australian Navy MH-60R Seahawk operating from the HMAS Hobart destroyer on May 4. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |