Seoul deploys Spike missiles to protect Yellow Sea islands

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, SOUTH KOREA North Korea's fatal artillery attack on the border island of Yeonpyeong over two years ago uprooted old wooden houses from their foundations. One shell punctured the concrete side of a soccer stadium, another struck a ...

It takes two and a half hours by boat to find the place where emotions over North Korea are at their most raw. Yeonpyeong is a tiny out-crop of South Korean soil, but history not geography has determined this island's place and so it lies just a ...

South Korean ministry has said there is an "Indication" that North Korea is preparing for a fourth nuclear test. On Yeonpyeong Island, the South Korean outpost attacked by the North in 2010, current tensions in the region are especially concerning.

South Korea's defence ministry says new nuclear test by North Korea is "not imminent", a spokesperson told Reuters. On Yeonpyeong Island, the South Korean outpost attacked by the North in 2010, current tensions in the region are especially ...

The White House said it "would not be surprised" to see North Korea conduct a new missile test, Reuters reports. On Yeonpyeong Island, the South Korean outpost attacked by the North in 2010, current tensions in the region are especially concerning.

The last time the conflict between North and South Korea escalated, the island of Yeonpyeong came under attack. Two and a half years ago the North Koreans fired almost 200 artillery shells and missiles at the disputed island. Damage was extensive ...

The 28-year-old refugee stole the boat on Yeonpyeong island which lies next to the disputed maritime border with North Korea. -AFP SEOUL - A North Korean refugee who settled in the South in 2007 has returned home in a stolen fishing boat in the ...

It's been confirmed that North Korea appointed former Minister of the People's Armed Forces Kim Kyok-sik as the chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army. The North's state-run Korean Central News Agency referred to Kim as the new chief ...

South Korean marines returning from leave on the mainland at Incheon prepare to board the ferry for a two-hour ride to Yeonpyeong Island. The Washington Post YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea — North Korea's fatal artillery attack on this border ...