Battle of Amami-Ōshima: A Japan Coast Guard ship and an armed North Korean vessel engage in conflict near the Japanese island of Amami Ōshima

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22. Dez. 2001

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28.29° N, 129.37° E

Platziert: island named in the title of the event it links, Amami-Ōshima.

Battle of Amami-Ōshima: A Japan Coast Guard ship and an armed North Korean vessel engage in conflict near the Japanese island of Amami Ōshima, in the East China Sea. The encounter ends in the sinking of the North Korean vessel that is later determined to have been a spy craft by the Japanese authorities.

2001 armed naval confrontation between Japan and North Korea

The Battle of Amami-Ōshima, known in Japan as the Spy Ship Incident in the Southwest Sea of Kyūshū , was a six-hour naval confrontation between Japan and North Korea. It took place outside Japanese territorial waters, near the Japanese island of Amami Ōshima, in the East China Sea on 22 December 2001.

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