By Na Jeong-ju
Staff reporter
South Korea has asked China to send a team of naval inspectors to Seoul to conduct its own investigation into the sinking of the Navy vessel Cheonan, but there has been no response yet, diplomatic sources here said Tuesday.
"We told the Chinese days ago that we were ready to cooperate with its own probe, but are still not getting an answer," a source said on condition of anonymity. "We already shared the full results of the international investigation with China and Russia".
China reportedly proposed a joint investigation with the United States and the two Koreas before taking any punitive action against North Korea.
South Korea, following weeks of joint examinations with foreign experts, claimed the ship sank after being attacked by a torpedo from a North Korean submarine that had violated the inter-Korean sea border.
