On the morning of the 29th, guests and bereaved families take a commemorative photo at the ’20th Anniversary Ceremony of Victory in the 2nd Battle of Yeonpyeong’ held at the 2nd Fleet Headquarters in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do. Photo Investigation Foundation Yonhap News
An event was held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 2nd Battle of Yeonpyeong, which faced a surprise attack by North Korean forces during the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup.
On the 29th, the Navy held a ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the victory in the 2nd Battle of Yeonpyeong at the 2nd Fleet Command in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do, hosted by Chief of Naval Staff Lee Jong-ho.
The Navy changed the event previously called only a commemorative ceremony to a ‘victory commemoration ceremony’ this year. The battle record monument was also changed to the victory monument, making the 2nd Battle of Yeonpyeong official as a history of ‘victory’.
Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop said in his commemorative speech on the same day, “The 2nd Battle of Yeonpyeong was a victorious naval battle in which our soldiers resisted North Korean provocations with their whole bodies and inflicted enormous damage on the enemy, and it is a proud history of the Republic of Korea.”
Minister Lee, Joon-seok Lee, representative of the People’s Power, Min-sik Park, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Veterans Affairs, and In-ho Shin, 2nd Deputy Director of the National Security Office, attended the event.
The 2nd Battle of Yeonpyeong occurred on June 29, 2002, at the height of the Korea-Japan World Cup, when two North Korean patrol boats invaded the Northern Limit Line (NLL) and launched a preemptive surprise attack on the ROK Navy’s Chamsuri 357 high-speed boat. Major Yoon Young-ha in suit, Sgt. Han Sang-guk, the helmsman, and Sgt. Cho Cheon-hyeong, Sgt. Hwang Do-hyeon, and Sgt. Hoo-won Seo were killed. Medical medic Sgt. Dong-hyeok Park was seriously injured and died while receiving treatment, killing six others.
As the navy responded immediately, the North Koreans also suffered about 30 casualties and fled with the patrol boat engulfed in flames. The Chamsuri 357 boat sank during her towing on the same day and was salvaged in August of that year.
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