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English: Map of the shelling of Yeonpyeong, language neutral version. Yeonpyeong Island; Baengnyeong Island; Daecheong Myeon; Jung-gu (Incheon Intl. Airport) Seoul; Incheon; A. Northern Limit Line (NLL, the border claimed by South Korea since 1953) B. Military Demarcation Line (the border claimed by North Korea since 1999)
The other inhabited island is Soyeonpyeongdo ("Small Yeonpyeong Island") with a small population and an area of 0.24 km 2 (0.093 sq mi). Several other small islands comprise the rest of the group. [1] The island group constitutes Yeonpyeong-myeon, a subdivision of Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea. Yeonpyeong Island is known for its crab ...
It consists of a group of islands in the Yellow Sea (West Sea). Four of the islands, Yeonpyeong Island, Baengnyeong, Daecheong, and Socheong Islands, are very near the Northern Limit Line. They are close to the Ongjin Peninsula of South Hwanghae Province in North Korea, at a considerable distance from the nearest part of the South Korean mainland.
The following day, three North Korean patrol boats and thirteen fishing boats belonging to the North Korean Navy (KPN) crossed the NLL 5.6 nautical miles (10.4 km; 6.4 mi) off Yeonpyeong. The South Korean Navy (ROKN) responded by sending five fast boats and four patrol ships in a bid to prevent the North Koreans from crossing the NLL.
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Modified and converted to language neutral version by Tomchen1989. Flags are from File:Flag of South Korea.svg and File:Flag of North Korea.svg which are in the public domain. The Northern Limit Line and the Military Demarcation Line are according to Xinhua and NYTimes ; compare Jon M. Van Dyke, Mark J. Valencia, Jenny Miller Garmendia.
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