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The main island of the group is Daeyeonpyeongdo ("Big Yeonpyeong Island"), also referred to simply as Yeonpyeong Island, with an area of 7.01 km 2 (2.71 sq mi) and a population of around 1,300. [1] The principal population center is Yeonpyeong-ri, where the island's ferry port is located.
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)
Scale depiction of the 5 largest islands in the US, with some other significant islands This is a list of islands of the United States , as ordered by area. It includes most islands with an area greater than 20 square miles (approximately 52 km 2 ).
As Kim Jeoung-hee huddled in a bomb shelter on South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, scared and confused with around 250 other people, memories flooded back of the day in 2010 when North Korean troops ...
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.
Based on File:Inchon islands 2.svg (by Amble) and File:朝韩争议区（延坪岛附近）.svg (by 玖巧仔). 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.
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of a new surface-to-sea missile on Wednesday and visited a major munitions factory, where he called for a boost in weapons ...