Seoul, April 22 -- South Korea is contemplating the establishment of a "necessary facility" in its overlapping territorial waters with China in the Yellow Sea as a response to Beijing's deployment of a steel structure in the region, as reported by Radio Free Asia (RFA).

Reports from South Korean media indicate that the structure, measuring 50 meters (164 feet) in both height and diameter, is the latest of three Chinese installations in the area. Beijing has asserted that all of the structures are intended for aquaculture.

"From the standpoint of safeguarding our maritime territory, we take this matter very seriously in terms of a proportional response," stated South Korea's oceans minister Kang Do-hyung on Monday, adding that the govern...