Bombardment of Yeonpyeong

When

23 Nov 2010

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

37.67° N, 125.70° E

Description

2010 artillery engagement between the North Korean military and South Korean forces

North–South Korea artillery engagement

The Bombardment of Yeonpyeongdo was an artillery engagement between the North Korean military and South Korean forces stationed on the island Yeonpyeongdo on 23 November 2010. Following a South Korean artillery exercise in disputed waters near the island, North Korean forces fired around 170 artillery shells and rockets at Yeonpyeongdo, hitting both military and civilian targets.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article

• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “North Korea shells Yeonpyeong Island, prompting a military response by South Korea”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die nordkoreanische Volksarmee beschießt die von Südkorea beanspruchte Insel Yeonpyeong”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Corea del Norte bombardea la isla de Yeonpyeong, lo que provoca una respuesta militar de Corea del Sur”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “北朝鮮が韓国の延坪島を砲撃し、韓国人4人が死亡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page