<전선> 정태욱, "서해 북방한계선(NLL) 재론: 연평도 포격사건을 계기로", <민주법학> 제45호, 2011. 3, 255-295쪽.

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The Northern Limit Line(NLL) and North Korean Artillery Attack

This is a study to examine whether the South Korea’s military drill provided a reason for the North’s artillery attack onto the Yeonpyeong Island. South Korean Military authorities claimed their exercises were normal ones and took place on the southern side of the Northern Limit Line(NLL). But the North’s military contended that the South Korean troops fired into their own territorial waters. In this regard, it is necessary to appraise the nature and the validity of the NLL. This thesis maintains that the military enforcement of the NLL contravenes the international law and/or the Korean Armistice Agreement of 1953. In other words, the NLL cannot be a proper border line between South and North Korea, nor South may acquire the southern area of the NLL because of its effective occupation, nor the NLL is a valid military demarcation line under the Korean armistice regime.

Key Words: Northern Limit Line(NLL), Territorial Waters(Sea), Military Demarcation Line, Korean Armistice Agreement, Territorial Acquisition, International Law of Sea