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Background

The Northern Limit Line is considered by South Korea as the sea boundary between itself and North Korea, while North Korea disagrees and states that the boundary is farther south. North Korean fishing vessels often wander into the area and are frequently chased away by South Korean patrol vessels. On occasion a North Korean patrol will try to enforce its southern claim by traversing the limit line. In 2002 one such incursion turned into a naval battle along the limit line. Northern Limit Line or North Limit Line (NLL) is a disputed maritime demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea. ... North Korea, officially the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK; Korean: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk; Hangul: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國), is a country in eastern Asia...

Engagement

On June 29, 2002 a North Korean patrol boat crossed the northern limit line and was warned to turn back. Shortly afterward a second patrol craft crossed the line and it too was warned to retreat back across the line. After traveling three miles south past the limit line, the North Korean vessels attacked the four South Korean patrol boats that had been monitoring them. The vessel that had crossed the line first opened fire with its 85mm gun and scored a direct hit on the wheelhouse of one of the South Korean craft causing several casualties. Two patrol corvettes soon reinforced the South Korean vessels and severely damaged one of the North Korean craft forcing a retreat. The damaged South Korean craft later sunk while undertow. Both sides laid blame on each other and both South Korea and the United Nations demanded an apology from North Korea. North Korea later apologized for the occurrence and promised to take steps from such incidents from occurring in the future. is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK; Korean: Daehan Minguk (Hangul: 대한 민국; Hanja: 大韓民國)), is a country in East Asia, covering the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. ... For the automobile, see Chevrolet Corvette. ... UN and U.N. redirect here. ...

Sources

• http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/dprk/2002/dprk-020701-1.htm
• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_2002_July_8/ai_88685568