YELLOW SEA

Current Context: South Korea is considering the establishment of a “necessary facility” in the Yellow Sea’s overlapping territorial waters with China. This comes after China’s deployment of a steel structure in the region, which South Korea views as a potential threat to its maritime sovereignty.

About

• Location: Marginal sea of the Western Pacific, north of the East China Sea. Bordered by China (north/west), North Korea, and South Korea (east).
• Named for: Yellowish sand particles from the Gobi Desert.
• Rivers: Han, Yangtze, Datung, Yalu, Guang, Sheyang.
• Islands: Jeju (South Korea), Shandong Peninsula (China), Ganghwa (South Korea).
• Ports: Qingdao, Dalian (China), Inch’ŏn (South Korea), Namp’o (North Korea).