Tuesday 21 June 2011

SKorean military apologizes for firing at airplane (AP)

Conservative protesters release balloons carrying anti-North Korea leaflets towards the north at a field near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Yeoncheon, about 62 km (39 miles) north of Seoul, June 21, 2011, to mark the upcoming 61st anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War on June 25. The two Koreas are technically still at war and station about 1 million troops near their respective sides of the Demilitarised Zone that has divided the peninsula since the Korean War ended in a ceasefire, but not a peace treaty.   REUTERS/Lim Byeong-Sik/Yonhap (SOUTH KOREA)  SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA (POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAP - South Korea's military has apologized after two marines fired rifles at a civilian jetliner they mistook for a North Korean military aircraft.



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