Sentence examples for border island from inspiring English sources

The exchange of fire startled residents of Baengnyeong, the border island.

The North fires rounds of artillery on to an inhabited South Korean border island.

The programme had been suspended since 2010 when the North shelled a South Korean border island.

In November, the countries engaged in a brief artillery battle focused on a South Korean border island.

After the morning barrage, South Korea issued three warning broadcasts and then its marines based on a border island unleashed about 100 warning shots with their antiaircraft guns.

South Korean officials believed General Kim commanded units responsible for sinking one of South Korea's warships and for shelling a South Korean border island in 2010.

Tension is especially high over the waters near the South Korean border islands; the waters are claimed by both Koreas.

It warned civilian ships not to approach waters around five South Korean border islands, where South Korean marines were expected to fire weapons in exercise.

On Sunday, South Korea confirmed its deployment of dozens of Israeli Spike missiles and their mobile launchers on its western border islands.

North Korea and South Korea never agreed on a western sea border when they signed a cease-fire at the end of the Korean War in 1953, and territory around the South Korean border islands remains disputed and volatile.

The test of her resolve would come if the North Koreans, vexed by tough new international sanctions, launch some limited strike on border islands or South Korean naval ships, as many analysts suspect might happen.