Following a South Korean artillery exercise in waters in the south, North Korean forces fired around 170 artillery shells and rockets at Yeonpyeong Island, hitting both military and civilian targets. And so, against the backdrop of large-scale military exercises conducted by the South Korean Army to get on North Korea’s nerves, and in which up to 70,000 people took part, on November 23rd, 2010 North Korean artillery opened fire on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong. The incident caused an escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula and prompted widespread international condemnation of the North's actions. NORTH'S bombardment of border island one of the most serious incidents since the Korean war. Kotch, John Barry; Abbey, Michael (2003). "[69] [70], In 2014, Robert Gates, who was United States Secretary of Defense during the incident, stated in his memoirs that the South Korean government planned a "disproportionately aggressive" military retaliation, "involving both aircraft and artillery". The bombardment of Yeonpyeong was an artillery engagement between the North Korean military and South Korean forces stationed on Yeonpyeong Island on 23 November 2010. 18:40: Lee Hong-gi, the South's Joint Chief of Staff Director of Operations, holds a press briefing. [33] A Marine colonel on the island indicated the shells had been fired towards the southwest. Kim and his son were reported to have visited the Kaemori artillery base, whence many of the North Korean shells were fired, the day before the attack. North Korea must be held accountable for all the losses." 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[65], One year after the event the South Korean military presence on the island had been substantially increased with the deployment of more K-9 howitzers, K-10 automatic ammunition re-supply vehicles, 130-millimeter, 36-round, truck-mounted Kuryong multiple rocket launchers and AH-1S Cobra attack helicopters. We are closely cooperating to draw up joint response directions. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, naval battle near the island of Daecheong, White House Office of the Press Secretary, List of border incidents involving North and South Korea, "The North/South Korea Boundary Dispute in the Yellow (West) Sea,", FAQ: Korean conflict: Understanding North Korea's artillery attack, The Korean crisis & the threat of a wider war, CCTV footage of the shelling in Yeonpyeong, China calls for emergency talks amid Korea crisis, Report: N. Korea fires on S. 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Korea Threatens More Strikes on South,". The bombardment was the first artillery engagement between North Korea and South Korea since the Korean War's armistice in 1953. [12] According to Time, "The North does not recognize the border that was unilaterally drawn by the United Nations at the close of the 1950–53 Korean War. [12] [13], The United Nations Command perspective remained unchanging, explaining that the NLL must be maintained until any new maritime military demarcation line could beestablished through the Joint Military Commission on the armistice agreement. [49] [50] [51] [52]. [23] Although there were no further serious clashes for a time, in 2009 increasing tensions along the disputed border led to a naval battle near the island of Daecheong, and accusations that a North Korean submarine had sunk the South Korean corvette Cheonan off Baengnyeong Island in March 2010. [50], The attack started widespread fires on the island. [8], Four days after the shelling, North Korea's KCNA said about the death of civilians that, "[i]f that is true, it is very regrettable, [...] [b]ut the enemy should be held responsible for the incident as it took such inhuman action as creating 'a human shield' by deploying civilians around artillery positions and inside military facilities. More than 50 homes caught fire because of the bombardment, and residents of the sparsely populated island scrambled for safety in a bomb … [30] About 108 shells were fired total, according to a North Korean defector who had served in an artillery battery. A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on November 23, 2012. 15:25: South resumes firing back with K-9 howitzers (30 shells). [52] However, Lee Hong-gi, the Director of Operations of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), claimed that as a result of the South Korean retaliation "there may be a considerable number of North Korean casualties". Most of the islanders were evacuated in the aftermath of the shelling. [29], On the morning of 23 November 2010, North Korea reportedly "wired a complaint [to the South] ... asking whether (the [Hoguk] exercise) was an attack against the North." For not once did you [receive] a word of apology for your sacrifice, and now the shelling of Yeonpyeong is being forgotten in the hearts of many.” Seo was among the four South Koreans who died during the bombardment on Nov. 23, 2010. The shelling caused a number of casualties among South Koreans living on Yeongpyeong. [36], At 14:34 local time, North Korean coastal artillery batteries on Mudo, and a recently redeployed 122-mm MLRs at Kaemori,[37] in North Korea's Hwanghae Province, opened fire on the island of Yeonpyeong. Following a South Korean artillery exercise in waters in the south, North Korean forces fired around 170 artillery shells and rockets at Yeonpyeong Island, hitting both military and civilian targets. [63][64], On 28 November, South Korean news agency Yonhap News said that North Korea had readied surface-to-surface missiles as the United States and South Korea began military drills. After a South Korean artillery practice on the island, North Korea fired about 170 shells at Yeonpyeong. [10] The NLL was drawn up at a time when a three-nautical-mile territorial waters limit was the norm, but when in the 1970s a twelve nautical mile limit became internationally accepted, the implementation of the NLL prevented North Korea, in areas, from accessing, arguably actual or prospective, territorial waters. "[4] The South Korean Deputy Minister of Defense acknowledged that South Korean artillery units had been carrying out live-fire exercises, but denied that the shots had crossed into the North Korean sea area. According to a source quoted by the newspaper, "Firing artillery across the Northern Limit Line at sea is difficult without a direct order from Pyongyang’s highest authorities; firing inland would have been impossible without the will of Kim Jong-Il. Several Asian currencies weakened against the euro and U.S. dollar, while at the same time Asian stock markets declined. [32] For just over an hour, the North bombarded Yeonpyeong Island, killing two South Korean marines, injuring 16 more marines and injuring at least three civilians. [67] It has also been suggested that the attack was linked to the North's need for food aid. It had originally been intended that the United States Navy and Marine Corps would participate in a joint amphibious exercise in the Yellow (Western) Sea, west of South Korea. Factbox: What is the Korean Northern Limit Line? President Lee instructed the South Korean military to strike North Korea's missile base near its coastal artillery positions if there were an indication of further provocation.Lee Hong-gi of the JCS told the media that the attack had been a "premeditated, intentional illegal violation of the U.N. Convention, the Armisti… Robert Kelly, an assistant professor at Pusan National University in South Korea, says that Seoul's increasing global stature may have provoked Pyongyang. The United Nations declared it to be one of the most serious incidents since the end of the Korean War,[10] and by December 18 former UN ambassador Bill Richardson said tensions had escalated to become "the most serious crisis on the Korean peninsula since the 1953 armistice which ended the Korean War. The bombardment of Yeonpyeong was an artillery engagement between the North Korean military and South Korean forces stationed on Yeonpyeong Island on 23 November 2010. "[70][71], Images of the shelling were widely disseminated by media and across the internet. Ryoo, p. 10; excerpt, The UNC stated in August 1999: "... the NLL issue was nonnegotiable, because the demarcation line had been recognized as the de facto, Jack Kim (25 November 2010). [68] It has also been suggested that the attack was linked to the North's need for food aid. On November 23, 2010, North Korean artillery shelled Yeonpyeong with dozens of rounds at Yeonpyeong-ri and the surrounding area. [16] [17], Days before the incident, the North Korean government revealed their new uranium enrichment facility,[18] [19] prompting the South Korean government to consider requesting that the United States station tactical nuclear weapons in South Korea for the first time in 19 years. [66], North Korea's motives for the attack were unclear and were the subject of widespread speculation in the South and elsewhere. This claim is not accepted by either South Korea or the United Nations Command. [24], According to a South Korean military official, shells fired as part of the exercise were directed at waters in the south, away from North Korea. Three of the six K9 Thunder 155mm guns stationed on Yeonpyong returned fire, while two were damaged and one blocked by a dud shell. 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