1.   A suspected North Korean vessel crossed the fog-shrouded sea border but sped away Friday after South Korean marines fired at it, military officers said.

2.   Amid speculation their motorboat could be headed toward the sea border, Malaysia put troops on alert in Borneo and aimed to block any attempt to enter its territory.

3.   Australia shares a sea border with Indonesia and is one of the few nations that recognizes Indonesian sovereignty over East Timor.

4.   But the exclusive zones overlap around the Korean Peninsula, complicating negotiations to draw new sea borders.

5.   China and South Korea will hold fisheries talks in Beijing next week to draw a new sea border in keeping with a U.N. convention, government officials said Friday.

6.   China and Vietnam have agreed to step up negotiations to settle much of their disputed land and sea borders, a Chinese Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday.

7.   Chung was found drifting in a one-ton steel boat south of the western sea border last Friday.

8.   Chung was found four days ago drifting in a one-ton steel boat south of the western sea border last Friday.

9.   Chung was found drifting in a one-ton steel boat south of the western sea border four days ago.

10.   Currently no fishing boats are allowed to cross the tense sea border between the two Koreas, and there is no fisheries agreement of any kind between them.