West Sea Defense Day in South Korea

28 March 2025, South Korea, Daejeon: South Korea's acting President Han Duck-soo burns incense during a ceremony at the national cemetery in the central city of Daejeon, to mark the 10th anniversary of the commemoration day for 55 troops who died in three major clashes with North Korea in the West Sea, comprising an inter-Korean naval skirmish in 2002, North Korea's torpedo attack on the corvette Cheonan leer más in 2010 and its shelling of the border island of Yeonpyeong in the same year. Since 2016, the government has designated the fourth Friday of March as the commemoration day, known as the West Sea Defense Day. Photo: -/YNA/dpa leer menos

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