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Satellite imagery from CSIS shows the Atlantic Amsterdam, a Chinese-claimed 'management platform,' after it was removed from the Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ) and relocated to a shipyard in Weihai, China, on Feb. 5. [CSIS/BEYOND PARALLEL/PLANET 2025]

China's relocation of contentious sea platform eases tensions with Korea, but hints at ulterior motives

China relocated a contentious maritime platform from the Yellow Sea, easing tensions with Korea. However, experts warn that strategic motivations remain, as other platforms continue operating in disputed waters.

2026.2.4

Rep. Eom Tae-young of the People Power Party revealed photos on May 24, 2025 of Chinese structures unilaterally installed in the temporary measures zone of the West Sea, where the 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of Korea and China overlap. From left to right: Sunran No. 1 (2018), Sunran No. 2 (2024), and a drilling rig-style management facility (2022). [REP. EOM TAE-YOUNG]

China begins relocating contentious maritime structure in disputed Yellow Sea zone

The platform being moved is the largest of the three — a facility believed to have been converted from an oil-drilling platform and equipped with a helipad.

2026.1.27

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Chinese personnel are visible on a structure installed by Beijing in the Korea-China Provisional Maritime Zone in this undated photo released by Rep. Yi Byeong-jin of the ruling Democratic Party on Oct. 22, 2025. [YONHAP]

China sells salmon raised in Yellow Sea structures, raising concerns about their possible dismantlement

Salmon raised in structures installed by Beijing within a jointly managed maritime zone with Korea are now being sold in mainland China, fueling concerns that Beijing may reject dismantling the structures under the guise of aquaculture operations.

2026.1.15

Victor Cha, president of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), speaking during a press meeting in Seoul on Sept. 19. [YONHAP]

Expert says U.S. should flag China's steel structures in Yellow Sea as example of 'gray zone' tactics

A U.S. expert called Tuesday for the United States to flag China's installation of maritime structures in and around a jointly managed zone between Korea and China in the Yellow Sea as another example of Beijing's "gray zone" tactics.

2025.12.10

China’s Fujian vessel on its first sea trial [BAIDU]

China's deployment of ships during Lee's summits with U.S., Japan leaders raises concerns

China deployed an average of three warships per day to the Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ), where Korea’s and China’s exclusive economic zones overlap, during Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s state visits to Japan and the United States last month.

2025.9.16

One of the large steel structures installed by China in the Korea-China Provisional Measures Zone in the Yellow Sea. China claims it is a deep-sea aquaculture facility. [OFFICE OF REP. EOM TAE-YOUNG]

Interagency meeting held to discuss maritime zone row with China

Korea held an interagency meeting to address maritime tensions with China, including Beijing's no-sail zone and installations in disputed waters.

2025.5.27

The third Korea-China Maritime Cooperation Dialogue takes place in Seoul on April 23, where the two sides discussed China's unilateral installation of steel structures in the Yellow Sea’s Provisional Measures Zone, an area where their 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zones (EEZs) overlap. [MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS]

What’s below the surface of the Korea–China tensions over steel platforms in the Yellow Sea?

Korea and China are in a dispute over steel structures Beijing installed in a contested area of the Yellow Sea, with Seoul formally requesting their relocation outside the designated zone where only fishing activities are permitted.

2025.4.29

An oil rig-style structure unilaterally installed by China in the Yellow Sea [YONHAP]

China claims Yellow Sea structures 'purely for aquaculture purposes,' refuses to dismantle

China rejects South Korea's demand to dismantle Yellow Sea structures, proposes inspection visit; tensions remain more than territorial claims and marine rights.

2025.4.24

One of the large steel structures installed by China in the Korea-China Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ) in the Yellow Sea. Installed in 2022, China claims it is a deep-sea aquaculture management support facility. [OFFICE OF REP. EOM TAE-YOUNG]

China maintains secrecy around Yellow Sea rig ahead of scheduled bilateral talks

China denied Korea's request for an inspection of a disputed aquaculture facility in the Yellow Sea.

2025.4.21

'Shenlan No. 1' platform installed in the Korea-China Provisional Measures Zone captured from the People’s Daily Online. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Is China harvesting salmon or initiating nonconfrontational expansion in disputed Yellow Sea zone?

China appears to be reviving its now-familiar “gray zone” tactics — subtle, nonmilitary maneuvers to expand control without open confrontation — this time in the Yellow Sea aimed at Korea.

2025.3.28