Battle of Yeongpyeong (2002)
On 29 June 2002, a North Korean patrol boat crossed the northern limit line and was warned to turn back.
At 10:25, the vessel that first crossed the line opened fire with its 85 mm gun and scored a direct hit on the wheelhouse of PKM-357 causing several casualties.
Now heavily outnumbered and taking casualties, the North Korean vessels retreated back across the Limit Line at 10:59.
Yoon Yeong-ha, Jo Cheon-hyung, Seo Hu-won, and Hwang Do-hyeon (during the battle), Park Dong-hyeok (days later), and Han Sang-guk (found at sea); Eighteen others were injured.
The injured North Koreans were reportedly quarantined in a hospital in Pyongyang to hide the extent of the casualties suffered in the battle.
A: United Nations-created Northern Limit Line, 1953 [ 2 ]
B: North Korea-declared "Inter-Korean MDL", 1999 [ 3 ] The locations of specific islands are reflected in the configuration of each maritime boundary, including
- 1 – Yeonpyeong Island
- 2 – Baengnyeong Island
- 3 – Daecheong Island
Other map features
- 4 – Jung-gu (Incheon Intl. Airport)
- 5 – Seoul
- 6 – Incheon
- 7 – Haeju
- 8 – Kaesong
- 9 – Ganghwa County
- 10 – Bukdo Myeon
- 11 – Deokjeokdo
- 12 – Jawol Myeon
- 13 – Yeongheung Myeon
