Tag: Ieodo

Picture of the Day: 3D Model of Ieodo Seamount

| April 30, 2020
Ieodo rock born via volcanic eruption
Ieodo rock born via volcanic eruption
This photo, provided by the Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency, shows the marine landform of South Korea-controlled rock outcropping leodo, south of the country’s southern Jeju Island. On April 28, 2020, the agency said the rock has been found to be the product of a volcanic eruption via analyses of volcanic tuff collected there. The red circle mark in the 3D map identifies a place from which the tuff was collected. South Korea has been operating the Ieodo Ocean Research Station there since 2003. The agency plans to study the connections of tuff from the two islands. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Chinese Reconnaissance Plane Violates South Korean Air Space

| May 1, 2018

With all the developments happening on the Korean peninsula the Chinese have decided to show the South Koreans who is still boss in the region:

Seoul called in China’s ambassador on Saturday after a Chinese military plane violated South Korea’s air defense identification zone (KADIZ), officials said.

South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Yoon Soon-gu summoned Chinese Ambassador Qiu Guohong and called for Beijing to come up with measures to prevent such a violation from happening again, ministry officials said.

Separately, the Defense Ministry said it called in Du Nongyi, military attache of the Chinese embassy in Seoul, and lodged a stern protest against the Chinese military plane’s violation of the KADIZ.

According to Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the Chinese aircraft, believed to be a reconnaissance plane, entered the air defense zone in the northwest in the morning and stayed for about four hours.

“At 10:44 a.m., one Chinese military plane entered the KADIZ from northwest of Ieo Island,” the JCS said in a statement, referring to the submerged rock south of Jeju Island.

It then changed direction near the southeastern port city of Pohang toward the eastern island of Ulleung before steering south and exiting the KADIZ on its entry route at 2:33 p.m., the JCS said.  [Korea Times]

For those that don’t know Ieodo continues to be a territorial dispute between South Korea and the Chinese.  The Chinese regularly violates the South Korean ADIZ at key times of their choosing to send a message to South Korea.

Chinese Bombers Fly Through South Korean ADIZ Over Ieodo Research Station

| January 11, 2017

It looks like the Chinese are sending a message to South Korea once again that they don’t recognize their ownership of the Ieodo seamount and are still unhappy about the THAAD deployment:

Graphic via the Joong Ang Ilbo.

The Chinese planes flew into the KADIZ near Ieodo, a submerged rock located off the southern coast of Jeju Island “several times” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the source. He said that South Korea countered by sending some 10 fighter jets including F-15Ks and KF-16s to the area.

The South Korean jets sent a warning signal to the Chinese planes, while its Air Force also delivered warning messages to the Chinese side, the source said. The Chinese planes were said to include bombers and early warning aircraft.

In 2013, South Korea expanded its own KADIZ to cover Ieodo on which it has scientific research facilities. China also includes it in its air defense identification zone.  [Yonhap]