Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Interagency meeting held to discuss maritime zone row with China

Korea held an interagency meeting to address maritime tensions with China, including Beijing's no-sail zone and installations in disputed waters.

2025-05-27

What’s below the surface of the Korea–China tensions over steel platforms in the Yellow Sea?

Korea and China are in a dispute over steel structures Beijing installed in a contested area of the Yellow Sea, with Seoul formally requesting their relocation outside the designated zone where only fishing activities are permitted.

2025-04-29

China claims Yellow Sea structures 'purely for aquaculture purposes,' refuses to dismantle

China rejects South Korea's demand to dismantle Yellow Sea structures, proposes inspection visit; tensions remain more than territorial claims and marine rights.

2025-04-24

China maintains secrecy around Yellow Sea rig ahead of scheduled bilateral talks

China denied Korea's request for an inspection of a disputed aquaculture facility in the Yellow Sea.

2025-04-21

Is China harvesting salmon or initiating nonconfrontational expansion in disputed Yellow Sea zone?

China appears to be reviving its now-familiar “gray zone” tactics — subtle, nonmilitary maneuvers to expand control without open confrontation — this time in the Yellow Sea aimed at Korea.

2025-03-28

Koreans skeptical as Chinese envoy repeats claim that Yellow Sea structures are for fisheries

Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Dai Bing reiterated that the steel structures installed by Beijing in the Korea-China Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ) of the Yellow Sea are “for aquaculture.”

2025-03-25

Korean, Chinese coast guards face off in disputed Yellow Sea zone

China blocked the Korean government’s investigation of steel structures erected in the disputed Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ) of the Yellow Sea, resulting in a standoff between the coast guards of the two countries.

2025-03-18