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6 Korean J. Int'l & Comp. L. 1 (2018)

handle is hein.journals/kjicl6 and id is 1 raw text is: KOREAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL Kj ICL BRILL AND COMPARATIVE LAW 6 (2018) 1-4 NIJ HOFF brill.com/kjic Editorial Note Seokwoo Lee Professor, Inha University Law School, Korea Executive Editor, Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law (KJICL), Korean Society of International Law leeseokwoo@inha.ac.kr Volume 6, Number I of the Korean journal of International and Comparative Law covers a number of timely international legal subjects including the issue of Air Defense Identification Zones; the potential role of the UN Secretary- General in dealing with climate change; the South China Sea Arbitration Award in the context of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's foreign policy towards China; and Korean perspectives on various topics of international law. Jae Woon Lee of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Xiongfeng Li of the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration argue for the issuance of an advisory opinion on the legality of air defense identification zones in their article Ongoing Tension in the Air: The Need for icj's Advisory Opinion on Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). ADIZ is an area defined by a country where foreign aircraft are required to identify themselves to local authorities and maintain contact with air traffic control while in the zone. They note that ADIz has an ambiguous legal grounding in international law and that more than 20 countries have claimed an ADIz. The topic of ADIz has received more attention recently given that China declared an ADIZ off its eastern coast in 2013. Given recent statements from China, they surmise that China will likely declare an ADIZ in the South China Sea which will likely lead to increased ten- sion in the region. They go on to examine the components of ADIz explaining its objective, scope, and the procedural rules for it. They note that ADIZ is justified for se- curity reasons and that its scope is both geographical and regulatory. They ob- serve that in the East China Sea ADIZ, China has necessitated that both civil and military aircrafts adhere to the rules within the applicable area without re- gard to the destination for which the aircraft is bound and could include flight plan identification, radio identification and other requirements. Failure to comply may result in interception or expulsion from the zone. In assessing the legality ofADIZ, they note that while the objective ofADIZ is not the subject of @ KONINKLIJKE BRILL NV, LEIDEN, 2018 DOI 10.1163/22134484-12340094

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