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Rep. Eom Tae-young of the People Power Party revealed photos on May 24, 2025 of Chinese structures unilaterally installed in the temporary measures zone of the West Sea, where the 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of Korea and China overlap. From left to right: Sunran No. 1 (2018), Sunran No. 2 (2024), and a drilling rig-style management facility (2022). [REP. EOM TAE-YOUNG]

China begins relocating contentious maritime structure in disputed Yellow Sea zone

The platform being moved is the largest of the three — a facility believed to have been converted from an oil-drilling platform and equipped with a helipad.

2026.1.27

Six Chinese boats seized for alleged illegal fishing in Korean waters

Korea seized six Chinese fishing boats on suspicion of fishing illegally in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Yellow Sea during a recent crackdown, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Tuesday.

2025.12.9

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A Chinese finishing vessel caught by the Korea Coast Guard about 46 kilometers (25 nautical miles) west of Baengnyeong Island in Ongjin County, Incheon, on April 3. [WEST SEA SPECIAL SECURITY UNIT]

Why are Chinese fishing boats disappearing from the Yellow Sea?

The Korea Coast Guard has increased efforts against illegal Chinese fishing, resulting in fewer vessel crossings and enhanced enforcement strategies.

2025.5.7

An oil rig-style structure unilaterally installed by China in the Yellow Sea [YONHAP]

China claims Yellow Sea structures 'purely for aquaculture purposes,' refuses to dismantle

China rejects South Korea's demand to dismantle Yellow Sea structures, proposes inspection visit; tensions remain more than territorial claims and marine rights.

2025.4.24

One of the large steel structures installed by China in the Korea-China Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ) in the Yellow Sea. Installed in 2022, China claims it is a deep-sea aquaculture management support facility. [OFFICE OF REP. EOM TAE-YOUNG]

China maintains secrecy around Yellow Sea rig ahead of scheduled bilateral talks

China denied Korea's request for an inspection of a disputed aquaculture facility in the Yellow Sea.

2025.4.21

'Shenlan No. 1' platform installed in the Korea-China Provisional Measures Zone captured from the People’s Daily Online. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Is China harvesting salmon or initiating nonconfrontational expansion in disputed Yellow Sea zone?

China appears to be reviving its now-familiar “gray zone” tactics — subtle, nonmilitary maneuvers to expand control without open confrontation — this time in the Yellow Sea aimed at Korea.

2025.3.28

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks at a National Security Council meeting convened at 5:45 a.m. on Wednesday in Vilnius, Lithuania in response to the long-range missile launch by North Korea. Yoon is attending the annual NATO summit in Vilnius as an observer.

North launches long-range missile day after threatening ‘shocking incident’

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile into the East Sea on Wednesday, a day after Pyongyang threatened to shoot down U.S. reconnaissance aircraft that fly into its exclusive economic zone.

2023.7.12

Kim Yo-jong, sister of Kim Jong-un and deputy director of the propaganda department of the ruling Workers' Party’s Central Committee [YONHAP]

U.S. spy flights could turn 'perilous,' Kim Jong-un's sister warns

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un warned that the U.S. military’s flights into the North's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) could become “perilous” if they continue.

2023.7.11

A Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is launched from Pyongyang International Airport on Thursday, in a photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 18. [YONHAP]

Day after missile barrage, North fires 3 more, including ICBM

A day after an unprecedented barrage of 23 missiles, North Korea fired three more ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Thursday morning that included an intercontinental ballistic missile, South Korean military officials said.

2022.11.3

Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said South Korean fighters fired air-to-surface missiles into the North Korean side of the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in response to North Korea's launch of a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) south of the NLL on Wednesday morning. The photo, captured from a video released by the South Korean Air Force, shows a F-15K fighter firing a SLAM-ER cruise missile after the North Korean missile launch. [REPUBLIC OF KOREA AIR FORCE]

Pyongyang fires SRBM toward South Korean territory

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the South Korean side of the East Sea for the first time on Wednesday morning as well as 16 other missiles of various types into waters off its eastern and western coasts.

2022.11.2