Asia-Pacific

DPRK urges ROK to receive inspectors from Pyongyang

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-05-22 17:13

PYONGYANG - The Democratic People's Republic Korea (DPRK) on Saturday urged Republic of the Korea (ROK) to receive an inspection group to be dispatched by the National Defense Commission (NDC) of the DPRK to verify evidence related to the sinking of a ROK warship in March, the official KCNA news agency reported.

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The request was made by Kim Yong Chun, vice-chairmen of the National Defense Commission (NDC), in a notice to the ROK.

ROK?on Thursday announced the outcome of investigations over the sinking incident of the Cheonan warship made by a multinational team, which said the warship that went into waters near a tense maritime border with the DPRK in March was torpedoed by the DPRK.

The DPRK on Thursday immediately rejected Seoul's claims that it sank the warship by a submarine, and said it would dispatch inspectors to?ROK to verify Seoul's claim.