Shelling of Yeonpyeong.

Yeonpyeong lies near the Northern Limit Line and is only 12 km (7.5 mi) from the North Korean coastline. The 1953 Armistice Agreement which ended the Korean War specified that the five islands including Yeonpyeong would remain under South Korean control. This agreement signed by both North Korea and United Nations Command.[5] North Korea subsequently respected the UN-acknowledged western maritime border for many years until around the mid-1990s.[6] However, since the 1990s North Korea has disputed the western maritime border, called the Northern Limit Line (NLL).[6] Instead of recognizing the NLL, the North Korean government claims a border farther south that encompasses valuable fishing grounds (though it skirts around South Korean-held islands such as Yeonpyeong). North Korea's one sided claim is not accepted internationally.[7]

On November 23, 2010, North Korean artillery began shelling Yeonpyeong and fired dozens of rounds at Yeonpyeong-ri and the surrounding area following a Southern military exercise. The South returned fire with 155mm K-9 self-propelled howitzers.[8] The shelling damaged dozens of houses as well as Southern military infrastructure and set buildings on fire.[9] Two South Korean Marines and two civilians were killed in the shelling, with eighteen others wounded


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