Northern Limit Line

The Northern Limit Line or North Limit Line (NLL) is a disputed inter-Korea maritime demarcation line in the West Sea between North Korea (DPRK) and South Korea (ROK). It acts as the de facto maritime boundary between the two Koreas.[1]

North Korea did not dispute or violate the border until 1973.[2] Since the signing of the Korean War armistice between the United Nations and North Korea in 1953, North Korea followed the Northern Limit Line (NLL) until 1973, when it started to openly dispute the line. In 1999, it drew up its own line, the "maritime demarcation line," which claims a border farther south that encompasses valuable fishing grounds (though it skirts around South Korean-held islands such as Yeonpyeong). North Korea's one-sided claim is not accepted internationally.[3][4] South Korea media pointed out DPRK's new sea line is "absurd", the DPRK has insisted the line be nullified and redrawn.[5]

In 1999, North Korea challenged the border by sending a patrol vessel 10 km over the line. The vessel returned after several North Koreans were killed in the ensuing gun battle

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