Yeonpyeongdo

Yeonpyeongdo is a South Korean island group in the Yellow Sea, part of Ongjin County near the maritime boundary with North Korea.

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Yeonpyeong Island: The larger inhabited island of the Yeonpyeong Islands in the Yellow Sea. It is the main island commonly meant by Yeonpyeongdo.
Northern Limit Line: A maritime line established by the United Nations Command after the Korean War armistice. It runs through waters claimed by North and South Korea near Yeonpyeongdo.
Ongjin County: A county of Incheon Metropolitan City in South Korea that includes several Yellow Sea islands. Yeonpyeongdo is administered as part of this county.
South Korea–North Korea relations: The political, military, and diplomatic relationship between the two Korean states. Incidents near Yeonpyeongdo have repeatedly strained inter-Korean relations.
Soyeonpyeongdo: A smaller island in the Yeonpyeong Islands, south of Yeonpyeong Island. It is the island group’s other principal inhabited island.
Korean Demilitarized Zone: A fortified buffer zone separating North and South Korea under the 1953 armistice. The Northern Limit Line is a separate, maritime feature of the wider armistice system.
Incheon: A metropolitan city and major port on South Korea’s northwest coast. Ongjin County and Yeonpyeongdo fall within Incheon’s administrative jurisdiction.
South Korean island fortifications: Military defenses installed on South Korea’s northwestern islands near the Northern Limit Line. The 2010 shelling prompted greater attention to the island’s defenses.
Yeonpyeong Island shelling: A North Korean artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island on 23 November 2010. The attack struck civilian areas and a South Korean military base on the island.
West Sea: The body of water between the Korean Peninsula and China, also known as the Yellow Sea. Yeonpyeongdo lies in this sea, close to its northern maritime frontier.