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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Battle_of_Korea_Strait" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Battle_of_Korea_Strait"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>Battle of Korea Strait</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Battle_of_Korea_Strait-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Future" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Future"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.7</span> <span>Future</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Future-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input 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Available in 75 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-75" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">75 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straat_van_Korea" title="Straat van Korea – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Straat van Korea" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%82)" title="كوريا (مضيق) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كوريا (مضيق)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrechu_de_Corea" title="Estrechu de Corea – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Estrechu de Corea" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypo%27i_Korea" title="Ypo'i Korea – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Ypo'i Korea" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreya_bo%C4%9Faz%C4%B1" title="Koreya boğazı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Koreya boğazı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selat_Kor%C3%A9a" title="Selat Koréa – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Selat Koréa" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF" title="কোরিয়া প্রণালি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কোরিয়া প্রণালি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti%C3%A2u-si%C3%A1n_H%C3%A1i-kiap" title="Tiâu-sián Hái-kiap – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Tiâu-sián Hái-kiap" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%8F_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D2%93%D0%B0%D2%99%D1%8B" title="Корея боғаҙы – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Корея боғаҙы" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%9E" title="Карэйскі праліў – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Карэйскі праліў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Корейски проток – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Корейски проток" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strizh-mor_Korea" title="Strizh-mor Korea – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Strizh-mor Korea" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estret_de_Corea" title="Estret de Corea – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Estret de Corea" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D1%8B%D1%80%C4%95" title="Корей пырĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Корей пырĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korejsk%C3%BD_pr%C5%AFliv" title="Korejský průliv – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Korejský průliv" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreastr%C3%A6det" title="Koreastrædet – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Koreastrædet" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreastra%C3%9Fe" title="Koreastraße – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Koreastraße" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_v%C3%A4in" title="Korea väin – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Korea väin" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%8C_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AD%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Στενό της Κορέας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Στενό της Κορέας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrecho_de_Corea" title="Estrecho de Corea – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Estrecho de Corea" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreako_itsasartea" title="Koreako itsasartea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Koreako itsasartea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%87_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%87" title="تنگه کره – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تنگه کره" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9troit_de_Cor%C3%A9e" title="Détroit de Corée – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Détroit de Corée" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estreito_de_Corea" title="Estreito de Corea – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Estreito de Corea" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%AAu-si%C3%A9n_H%C3%B3i-hia%CC%8Dp" title="Chêu-sién Hói-hia̍p – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Chêu-sién Hói-hia̍p" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8C%80%ED%95%9C%ED%95%B4%ED%98%91" title="대한해협 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="대한해협" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%81" title="Կորեական նեղուց – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կորեական նեղուց" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF" title="कोरिया जलसन्धि – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कोरिया जलसन्धि" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korejski_prolaz" title="Korejski prolaz – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Korejski prolaz" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selat_Korea" title="Selat Korea – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Selat Korea" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretto_di_Corea" title="Stretto di Corea – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Stretto di Corea" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%A8_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%90%D7%94" title="מצר קוריאה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מצר קוריאה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94" title="კორეის სრუტე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კორეის სრუტე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%8F_%D0%B1%D2%B1%D2%93%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%8B" title="Корея бұғазы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Корея бұғазы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mlango_wa_Korea" title="Mlango wa Korea – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mlango wa Korea" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengava_Korey%C3%AA" title="Tengava Koreyê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Tengava Koreyê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%8B" title="Корей кысыгы – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Корей кысыгы" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fretum_Coreanum" title="Fretum Coreanum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Fretum Coreanum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korejas_%C5%A1aurums" title="Korejas šaurums – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Korejas šaurums" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kor%C4%97jos_s%C4%85siauris" title="Korėjos sąsiauris – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Korėjos sąsiauris" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hepburn_romanization" title="Hepburn romanization">Revised Hepburn</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="ja-Latn">Tsushima Kaikyō /Chōsen kaikyō</span></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">South Korean name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko" style="font-size: 1rem;">대한해협</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko" style="font-size: 1rem;">大韓海峽</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">Revised Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Revised Romanization of Korean transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">Daehan Haehyeop</i></span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">North Korean name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Chosŏn'gŭl</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko" style="font-size: 1rem;">조선해협</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hancha</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko" style="font-size: 1rem;">朝鮮海峽</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer" title="McCune–Reischauer">McCune–Reischauer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="McCune–Reischauer transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">Chosŏn Haehyŏp</i></span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Korea Strait</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Strait" title="Strait">sea passage</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asia</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean Peninsula">Korean Peninsula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. It connects the <a href="/wiki/East_China_Sea" title="East China Sea">East China Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Yellow_Sea" title="Yellow Sea">Yellow Sea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Japan" title="Sea of Japan">Sea of Japan</a> in the northwest <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>. The strait is split by <a href="/wiki/Tsushima_Island" title="Tsushima Island">Tsushima Island</a> into two parts: the Western Channel, and the <a href="/wiki/Tsushima_Strait" title="Tsushima Strait">Tsushima Strait</a> or Eastern Channel. It is economically important, as many shipping lanes pass through the strait, and both Japan and South Korea allow free passage through it. </p><p>In ancient times, both Buddhism and Mongol invaders passed over the strait to reach Japan. More recently, it was the site of the 1950 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Korea_Strait" title="Battle of Korea Strait">Battle of Korea Strait</a> during the Korean War. A tunnel running underneath the strait connecting Japan and Korea, the <a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Korea_Undersea_Tunnel" title="Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel">Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel</a>, has been proposed to connect the two countries. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_Strait&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To the north, the Korea Strait is bounded by the southern coast of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean Peninsula">Korean Peninsula</a>. And to the south, it by the southwestern <a href="/wiki/Japanese_islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese islands">Japanese islands</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyūshū">Kyūshū</a> and <a href="/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Honshū">Honshū</a>. It is about 200 km (120 mi) wide and averages about 90 to 100 meters (300 ft) deep. </p><p>Tsushima Island divides the Korea Strait into the western channel and the Tsushima Strait. The western channel is deeper (up to 227 meters) and narrower than the Tsushima Strait. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Currents">Currents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_Strait&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Currents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A branch of the <a href="/wiki/Kuroshio_Current" title="Kuroshio Current">Kuroshio Current</a> passes through the strait. Its warm branch is sometimes called the Tsushima Current. Originating along the Japanese islands this current passes through the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Japan" title="Sea of Japan">Sea of Japan</a> then divides along either shore of <a href="/wiki/Sakhalin" title="Sakhalin">Sakhalin Island</a>, eventually flowing into the northern Pacific Ocean via the strait north of <a href="/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkaidō">Hokkaidō</a> and into the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Okhotsk" title="Sea of Okhotsk">Sea of Okhotsk</a> north of Sakhalin Island near <a href="/wiki/Vladivostok" title="Vladivostok">Vladivostok</a>. The water-mass characteristics vary widely because of the low-salinity waters of the southeast coasts of Korea and China. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economic_significance">Economic significance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_Strait&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Economic significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Numerous international shipping lanes pass through the strait, including those carrying much of the traffic bound for the ports of southern South Korea. Both South Korea and Japan have restricted their territorial claims in the strait to 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) from shore, so as to permit free passage through it.<sup id="cite_ref-vandyke2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vandyke2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vandyke3_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vandyke3-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Passenger ferries travel numerous routes across the strait. Commercial ferries run from South Korean <a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geoje" title="Geoje">Geoje</a> to Japanese ports including <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka,_Fukuoka" class="mw-redirect" title="Fukuoka, Fukuoka">Fukuoka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsushima,_Nagasaki" title="Tsushima, Nagasaki">Tsushima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shimonoseki,_Yamaguchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi">Shimonoseki</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a>. Ferries also connect <a href="/wiki/Tsushima_Island" title="Tsushima Island">Tsushima Island</a> with Fukuoka, and South Korea's <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Island" title="Jeju Island">Jeju Island</a> with the Korean mainland. Ferries connecting Busan and Japanese cities with ports in <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> also traverse the strait. </p><p>Japan's territorial waters extend to three nautical miles (5.6 km) into the strait instead of the usual twelve, reportedly to allow <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear</a>-armed <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> warships and submarines to transit the strait without violating Japan's prohibition against nuclear weapons in its territory.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Naming_of_the_strait">Naming of the strait</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_Strait&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Naming of the strait"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td> <th>Korean Peninsula - Kyushu</th> <th>Korean Peninsula - Tsushima Island</th> <th>Tsushima Island - Kyushu </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#cccccc;">International name<br />(commonly used in English) </th> <td style="text-align: center;">Korea Strait </td> <td style="text-align: center;">Western Channel </td> <td style="text-align: center;">Eastern Channel </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#cccccc;">South Korean name </th> <td style="text-align: center;">대한해협 / 大韓海峽<br /><i>Daehan Haehyeop</i><br />"Korea Strait" </td> <td style="text-align: center;">서수로 / 東水路<br /><i>Seo-suro</i><br />"Western Channel" </td> <td style="text-align: center;">동수로 / 東水路<br /><i>Dong-suro</i><br />"Eastern Channel" </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#cccccc;">North Korean name </th> <td style="text-align: center;">조선해협 / 朝鮮海峽<br /><i>Chosŏn Haehyŏp</i><br />"Korea Strait" </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><i>(None)</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#cccccc;">Japanese name </th> <td style="text-align: center;">対馬海峡<br /><i>Tsushima Kaikyō</i><br />"Tsushima Strait" </td> <td style="text-align: center;">朝鮮海峡 or 西水道<br /><i>Chōsen Kaikyō</i> or <i>Nishi-suidō</i><br />"Korea Strait" or "Western Channel" </td> <td style="text-align: center;">対馬海峡 or 東水道<br /><i>Tsushima Kaikyō</i> or <i>Higashi-suidō</i><br />"Tsushima Strait" or "Eastern Channel" </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historic_impact">Historic impact</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_Strait&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Historic impact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Land_bridge">Land bridge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_Strait&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Land bridge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Land_bridge" title="Land bridge">Land bridge</a></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a> glacial cycles, the Korea Strait and the <a href="/wiki/Bering_Strait" title="Bering Strait">Bering Straits</a>, and the Yellow Sea were often narrowed and the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese islands">Japanese islands</a> may at times have been connected to the <a href="/wiki/Eurasia" title="Eurasia">Eurasian Continent</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean Peninsula">Korean Peninsula</a> or <a href="/wiki/Sakhalin" title="Sakhalin">Sakhalin</a>. At times, the Sea of Japan was said to be a frozen inner lake due to the lack of warm <a href="/wiki/Tsushima_Current" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsushima Current">Tsushima Current</a> and various plants and large animals, such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Palaeoloxodon_naumanni" title="Palaeoloxodon naumanni">Palaeoloxodon naumanni</a></i> are believed to have spread into Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_Strait&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, these narrows served as a highway for high risk voyages. The shortest distance between <a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a>, South Korea, and <a href="/wiki/Tsushima_Island" title="Tsushima Island">Tsushima Island</a> is about 50 km, as is the shortest distance from Tsushima to <a href="/wiki/Iki_Island" title="Iki Island">Iki Island</a>, Japan. </p><p>In the 6th century, <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mahayana" title="Mahayana">Mahāyāna Buddhism</a>) was transmitted by <a href="/wiki/Baekje" title="Baekje">Baekje</a> people to the easternmost Japan of the <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Kinmei" title="Emperor Kinmei">Emperor Kinmei</a>'s era over this strait (<i>See also</i>: <a href="/wiki/East_Asian_Buddhism" title="East Asian Buddhism">East Asian Buddhism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Japan" title="Buddhism in Japan">Buddhism in Japan</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mongol_invasion">Mongol invasion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_Strait&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Mongol invasion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mongol_invasions_of_Japan" title="Mongol invasions of Japan">Mongol invasions of Japan</a></div> <p>A joint Mongol-Korea fleet crossed this strait and attempted to invade Japan in 1274 and 1281. The force severely ravaged the <a href="/wiki/Tsushima_Island" title="Tsushima Island">Tsushima Island</a> on the way to Japan but failed to defeat Japan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wokou_and_Ōei_Invasion"><span id="Wokou_and_.C5.8Cei_Invasion"></span>Wokou and Ōei Invasion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_Strait&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Wokou and Ōei Invasion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Wokou" title="Wokou">Wokou</a> and <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cei_Invasion" title="Ōei Invasion">Ōei Invasion</a></div> <p>After the Mongolian invasion ravaged Tsushima, it became a base of the Wokou (Japanese pirates). The Korean <a href="/wiki/Joseon_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseon Dynasty">Joseon Dynasty</a> sent a fleet to Tsushima in 1419 for the suppression of Wokou activity. Korea subsequently agreed to grant the Japanese limited trading privileges. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_of_Tsushima">Battle of Tsushima</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_Strait&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Battle of Tsushima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tsushima" title="Battle of Tsushima">Battle of Tsushima</a></div> <p>The Battle of Tsushima, fought between the Japanese and Russian navies on May 27 and May 28, 1905, took place in the Tsushima Strait part of the Korea Strait, east of the north part of Tsushima and due north of Iki Island. The Russian fleet was destroyed by the Japanese. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_of_Korea_Strait">Battle of Korea Strait</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_Strait&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Battle of Korea Strait"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Korea_Strait" title="Battle of Korea Strait">Battle of Korea Strait</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Korea_Strait" title="Battle of Korea Strait">Battle of Korea Strait</a> was a naval battle fought on the first day of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, 25–26 June 1950, between the navies of <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>. A North Korean <a href="/wiki/Troopship" title="Troopship">troop transport</a> carrying hundreds of soldiers attempted to land its cargo near <a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a> but was encountered by a South Korean <a href="/wiki/Patrol_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrol ship">patrol ship</a> and sunk. It was one of the first surface actions of the war and resulted in an important South Korean victory.<sup id="cite_ref-J._Marolda_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-J._Marolda-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NavSource_PC-823_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NavSource_PC-823-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Future">Future</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_Strait&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Future"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The possibility of a <a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Korea_Undersea_Tunnel" title="Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel">Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel</a> or bridge, similar to the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Tunnel" title="Channel Tunnel">Channel Tunnel</a> running under the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> between <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, has been discussed for decades. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_Strait&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Korea" title="Geography of Korea">Geography of Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Japan-related_topics" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Japan-related topics">List of Japan-related topics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Japan" title="Geography of Japan">Geography of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsushima,_Nagasaki" title="Tsushima, Nagasaki">Tsushima City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Japan" title="Sea of Japan">Sea of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namhae_(sea)" title="Namhae (sea)">Namhae</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_Strait&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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