Second Battle of Yeonpyeong | |||||||
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Part of the Korean conflict | |||||||
PKM-357 replica on display at the War Memorial of Korea | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
South Korea | North Korea | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Kim Yeong-sik † | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
2 patrol boats | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 patrol boat sunk 6 men killed 18 wounded |
1 patrol boat severely damaged 13 men killed 25 wounded |
The Battle of Yeongpyeong (or Second Battle of Yeonpyeong) (Korean: 제2 연평해전; RR: Je I Yeonpyeong Haejeon) was a confrontation at sea between North Korean and South Korean patrol boats along a disputed maritime boundary near Yeonpyeong Island in the Yellow Sea in 2002. This followed a similar confrontation in 1999. Two North Korean patrol boats crossed the contested border and engaged two South Korean Chamsuri-class patrol boats. The North Koreans withdrew before South Korean reinforcements arrived.