Bombardment of Yeonpyeong

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Bombardment of Yeonpyeong
Course of the battle
Course of the battle
date November 23, 2010
place Yeonpyeong , Ongjin County, Incheon , South Korea
output
consequences The Korean conflict escalates again, the South Korean defense minister resigns
Parties to the conflict
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North Korea
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South Korea
Troop strength
not specified not specified
losses

1 dead
1 injured

2 dead,
16 injured

Civilian population: 2 dead, 3 injured

The bombardment of Yeonpyeong was a military incident on 23 November 2010. It occurred on the the 1953 armistice South Korea awarded island of Yeonpyeong in the Yellow Sea , on which one of about a thousand soldiers occupied military base of the South Korean army is.

prehistory

North and South Korea have been formally at war with each other since the beginning of the Korean War in 1950, as only a ceasefire and no peace treaty was signed in 1953 .

Yeonpyeong Island is much closer to mainland North Korea than South Korea. The Northern Limit Line was determined unilaterally, North Korea does not recognize it. The line runs at a distance of about 10-30 km from the North Korean mainland (Hwanghae-namdo province). North Korea claims the surrounding waters and sees the use of the island by South Korea and the country's regular maneuvers with the US in the region as a provocation.

course

Burned out building

According to its own statements, South Korea fired dozens of projectiles for test purposes in the west, but not in the north, as part of combat exercises. The South Korean government news agency Yonhap According to North Korea sent regarding the maneuver at 08:20 by telex calling on South Korea to stop the shelling. However, the exercise continued. According to the South Korean representation, the artillery of the North Korean People's Army first shot at the island at 14:43 local time.

According to North Korean accounts, however, artillery attacks by the South Korean forces over North Korean waters near Yeonpyeong Island took place for the first time on November 23, 2010 at around 1 p.m. local time, to which North Korea responded immediately with an attack on the island. According to the official North Korean account, the attack was a reaction to "South Korean shots in the direction of North Korean territorial waters".

The South Korean military then returned fire in the direction of North Korea, from where the attack took place. Three of the six stationed on the island fired howitzers of type K9 Thunder about 80 artillery shells. Two vehicles were not operational because of the previous fire and one had a jam. The fighting lasted about an hour. At least 50 houses caught fire from North Korean shelling. One North Korean soldier was killed and one injured. Two South Korean soldiers and two civilians were killed in the attacks and 16 soldiers and three civilians were injured.

consequences

Map of hits on Yeonpyeong

South Korea mobilized its troops and announced a reinforcement of the military on the island with additional artillery, long-range missiles and tanks. Talks with the Korean Red Cross regarding family reunions for North and South Koreans and visits to the Kaesŏng industrial region have been suspended by South Korea. The United States also sent the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to South Korea. This was to be used from November 28 to December 1, 2010 in a joint military exercise by the USA and South Korea. Joint maneuvers have already taken place in the past few years in which the case of war with North Korea was practiced.

In addition, several states tried to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict. The People's Republic of China, which is in close contact with the North Korean government and could take on a mediating role, would play a special role.

In South Korea, however, there were increasing voices calling for retaliation for the attack. About 110 people demonstrated in front of the South Korean Ministry of Defense on November 24, 2010 and set North Korean flags and portraits of North Korea's head of state Kim Jong Il and his son and designated successor Kim Jong Un on fire. Several MPs called for an air strike on North Korean artillery positions. After further criticism of his cautious reaction to the bombing of Yeonpyeong, the South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-young announced his resignation on November 25, 2010. Kim Kwan-jin succeeded him on November 26, 2010 .

As a further consequence of the conflict, all three major US stock market indices were negatively impacted on November 24, 2010 and after a downward slide closed with more than one percent in the red.

In December 2010, the International Criminal Court stated that it was investigating action against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in relation to the bombing, as well as the sinking of the South Korean corvette Cheonan in spring 2010 .

Picture gallery

  • Yeonpyeong (2010)

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Web links

Commons : Bombardment of Yeonpyeong  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Pyongyang regime threatens new attacks. Die Presse , November 26, 2010, accessed November 26, 2010 .
  2. ↑ a b 현일훈: 북한군 피해 많다 더니 “1 명 사망 · 2 명 중상”. munhwa.com, November 30, 2010, accessed November 30, 2010 (Korean).
  3. ↑ a b c d Bodies of 2 civilians found on shelled South Korean island. ( Memento of December 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: Los Angeles Times of November 24, 2010 (English).
  4. ^ Korean Armistice Agreement in the English-language Wikisource . Yeonpyeong-do (YONPYONG-DO) is mentioned in Article II, Section 13 (b)
  5. ↑ a b Situation extremely tense. Österreichischer Rundfunk , November 23, 2010, accessed on November 25, 2010 .
  6. ↑ <北 해안포 사격 시간 대별 현황> (종합 2 보). Yonhap News Agency as of November 23, 2010, archived from the original on October 2, 2011 ; Retrieved November 25, 2010 (Korean).
  7. ^ A b After North Korean strike, South Korean leader threatens 'retaliation'. CNN , November 24, 2010, accessed November 25, 2010 .
  8. ^ Communique Issued by KPA Supreme Command. Korean Central News Agency as of Nov. 23, 2010, archived from the original on Oct. 12, 2014 ; accessed on November 23, 2012 (English).
  9. ↑ KCNA: South Korea carried out military provocation first. Radio China International , November 23, 2010, accessed November 25, 2010 .
  10. ^ Mark McDonald: 'Crisis Status' in South Korea After North Shells Island. The New York Times , November 23, 2010, accessed November 25, 2010 .
  11. ↑ Lee Tae-hoon: Extent of NK damage remains uncertain. The Korea Times , November 26, 2010, accessed November 26, 2010 .
  12. ↑ Peter Kujath: North and South Korea have a firefight ( memento from November 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: tagesschau.de from November 23, 2010.
  13. ↑ Malte E. Kollenberg: After the North Korean attack: South Korea mobilizes its troops. Spiegel Online , November 23, 2010, accessed November 25, 2010 .
  14. ^ Seoul Warns of 'Severe Punishment' Over N.Korean Attack. The Chosun Ilbo, November 24, 2010, accessed November 28, 2010 .
  15. ↑ Planned maneuver: USA sends aircraft carriers to Korea , Spiegel Online . November 24, 2010. Retrieved November 25, 2010. 
  16. ↑ Military maneuvers: USA and South Korea practice case of war with North Korea . In: Tagesspiegel , August 18, 2008
  17. ↑ Obama hopes for China's influence . In: Zeit online , November 24, 2010.
  18. ↑ USA puts 29,000 soldiers on standby in South Korea . In: Tages-Anzeiger , November 24, 2010.
  19. ↑ South Korea's defense minister resigns . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , November 25, 2010.
  20. ↑ Escalation of the Korean conflict weighs on Wall Street. Reuters , November 24, 2010, accessed November 25, 2010 .
  21. ^ ICC to Study Possible North Korea War Crimes in South Korea

Coordinates: 37 ° 40 '  N , 125 ° 42'  E