Mounting Tension in the Yellow Sea

In response to South Korea’s entry into the U.S.-led Proliferation Security Initiative, North Korea said yesterday that it could conduct military strikes on the South. Shown are Chinese ships catching blue crabs nearby the Northern Limit Line, the maritime border between the two Koreas, three kilometers away from Yeonpyeong Island. Behind them were around 30 North Korean ships at the harbor of Changjae Island in the North.

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