South Korea (ROK ) has attracted orders for commercial airline to no attention to the country's air defense zone set China last month . The appeal is the first response to Seoul over the pace of China which has damaged diplomatic relations in the region .
South Korea's Minister of Transport , Suh Seung - hwan said on Wednesday night that the airlines on the South be allowed to decide themselves whether to submit a flight plan to the Chinese authorities or not . Shortly after China imposed a zone of air over the East China Sea , South Korea ordered the airline to airline - China policy of ignoring it .
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Separately , the head of the ministry's spokesman , Seog Song - jun said , Thursday , that the change was intended for safety reasons .
United States ( U.S. ) and Japan also oppose measures that China is seen as a bid to shore up Chinese claims over the islands are controlled by Japan . While South Korea and Japan asks domestic airlines to not take care of the air zone , the U.S. asked private airlines to comply with the rules of China for safety reasons .
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With the lifting of the instruction , Japan being the only country that ordered the airline to ignore China's air zone . Civil aviation regulator , the ministry of transport , and associated cost Japan said on Thursday that they will continue to override the rules of China and will not submit a flight plan to the authority of the country.
Korean Air Lines and Asiana Airlines , South Korea's two major airlines , has handed over information to the Chinese authorities about the flight through the air zone . The decision greatly affects the flight between Seoul South Korea and South Asia .
Last week , Chinese officials said 55 airlines, including those of the United States , comply with new government rules . When announcing the new zones on November 23 , the Chinese will react militarily if there is a foreign aircraft entering the airspace .(WSJ)
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