Yellow Sea News

Yellow Sea News From AOL News

SKorea Says 'High Possibility' North Will Attack Again

(Dec. 1) -- South Korea warned there is a good chance the North will attack it again as U.S. warships today ended four days of joint exercises in the Yellow Sea meant to threaten and deter Pyongyang. "There is a high possibility that the North will make an additional attack," South Korea's intelligence chief, Won...

US, South Korea Push Ahead With War Games

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea (Nov. 27) -- The United States and South Korea prepared for war games Sunday as South Koreans demanded vengeance over a deadly North Korean artillery bombardment that has raised fears of more clashes between the bitter rivals. The North, meanwhile, worked to justify one of the worst attacks...

USS George Washington Departs for South Korea: Facts and Figures

(Nov. 24) -- The aircraft carrier USS George Washington is headed to the Yellow Sea for a series of military exercises with South Korean forces. The four-day drill series, planned "well before" the recent North Korean attacks that killed two South Korean civilians, is being interpreted as a first response to deterring...

Where Is Yeonpyeong Island?

(Nov. 23) -- A sleepy fishing community on an island off the Korean peninsula's west coast finds itself at the heart of one of the most serious clashes between North and South Korea since their unresolved war in the 1950s. Yeonpyeong Island is one of the closest South Korean territories to the communist North, nestled...

War Games in South Korea: 6 Questions Answered

(Aug. 16) -- The United States and South Korea began another series of war games today in the southern Korean peninsula. In response, North Korean commanders told the official Korean Central News Agency that, "Our military and people will wield the iron hammer of a merciless counterblow," according to the BBC. So what...

Yellow Sea News From AOL

THE HUFFINGTON POST

North Korea Boat Hijacks China Fishing Boats With 29 Fishermen On Board

A North Korean boat hijacked three boats with 29 Chinese fishermen on board and demanded 1.2 million yuan ($190,000) for their release, Chinese media reported Thursday.

Yellow Sea News From the Web

05/30/12 Japan Considers Dispatching Aegis Destroyers to Yellow... Source: KBS World The Asahi Shimbun says Japan's Defnese Ministry is considering a plan to deploy Aegis destroyers to waters west of the Korean Peninsula in an effort to detect North Korea's movements to launch missiles.
05/25/12 New canal links S. Korea capital to Yellow Sea Source: The Straits Times - Singapore A US$1.9 billion (S$2.4 billion) canal linking the South Korean capital Seoul to the Yellow Sea opened on Friday after two decades of controversy which halted or delayed construction.
05/23/12 New waterway linking Han River to Incheon to be opened... Source: dongA.com Gyeongin Arabaetgil, a waterway connecting the Han River in Seoul to the country's western port city of Incheon, will officially be opened Friday after six months of test runs and about 3.5 since the project's launch.
05/21/12 Kidnapped Chinese fishermen, vessels freed Source: China News.Net The 29 Chinese fishermen and three fishing vessels seized in the Yellow Sea by unidentified North Koreans have been freed, marking an end to a 13-day standoff but the mystery persists about the identity of the captors.
05/17/12 North Korea Boat Hijacks China Fishing Boats With 29... Source: The Huffington Post A North Korean boat hijacked three boats with 29 Chinese fishermen on board and demanded 1.2 million yuan ($190,000) for their release, Chinese media reported Thursday.