The First Battle of Yeonpyeong (Korean: 제1연평해전, Yeonpyeong Haejon) took place between the navies of North Korea and South Korea on 15 June 1999, off the island of Yeonpyeong.
The battle occurred after North Korea began a sustained campaign to redraw the maritime boundary line – known as the Northern Limit Line (NLL) – between the two Koreas. On 6 June 1999, the state-controlled Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) claimed that the "sea boundary line...
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The First Battle of Yeonpyeong (Korean: 제1연평해전, Yeonpyeong Haejon) took place between the navies of North Korea and South Korea on 15 June 1999, off the island of Yeonpyeong.
The battle occurred after North Korea began a sustained campaign to redraw the maritime boundary line – known as the Northern Limit Line (NLL) – between the two Koreas. On 6 June 1999, the state-controlled Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) claimed that the "sea boundary line" had been violated by South Korean warships that had illegally trespassed in the North's territorial waters.
The following day, three North Korean patrol boats and 13 fishing boats belonging to the North Korean navy crossed the NLL 5.6 nautical miles (10.4 km; 6.4 mi) off Yeonpyeong. The South Korean navy responded by sending five fast boats and four patrol ships in a bid to prevent the North Koreans from crossing the NLL.
On 8 June, seven North Korean patrol boats and 17 fishing vessels repeatedly crossed the NLL between 05:55 and 23:20...
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