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Yeonpyeong Island or Yeonpyeongdo (hanja: 延坪島) ((:jʌnpçʌŋdo)) (referred to by the DPRK as Yŏnphyŏng Islet) is a group of South Korean islands in the Yellow Sea, located about west of Incheon and south of the coast of Hwanghae Province, North Korea. The main island of the group is Daeyeonpyeongdo ("Big Yeonpyeong Island"), also referred to simply as Yeonpyeong Island, with an area of and a population of around 1,300. The principal population centre is Yeonpyeong-ri, where the island's ferry port is located. The other inhabited island is Soyeonpyeongdo ("Small Yeonpyeong Island") with a small population and an area of . Several other small islands comprise the rest of the group.〔 The island group constitutes Yeonpyeong-myeon, one of the subdivisions of Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea. Yeonpyeong Island is known for its crab fishery. == Maritime border disputes == Yeonpyeong lies near the Northern Limit Line and is only 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.〔Armistice Agreement, paragraph 13(b). 〕 North Korea subsequently respected the UN-acknowledged western maritime border for many years until around the mid-1990s.〔(North Korea's reckless attacks cannot be tolerated ) November 24, 2010. Japanese newspaper Mainichi〕 However, since the 1990s North Korea has disputed the western maritime border, called the Northern Limit Line (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 claim is not accepted internationally.〔1. DPRK's claim is neither based on International law nor International Law of the Sea. 2. The United Nations Command insisted that the NLL must be maintained until a new maritime MDL could be established through the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission on the armistice agreement and DPRK's claim was not established through the UNCMAC.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yeonpyeongdo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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