North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone

E356640

exclusive economic zone

The North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone is a maritime area over which North Korea claims special rights to explore and use marine resources, located in the seas surrounding the Korean Peninsula and bordering the exclusive economic zones of neighboring states including Russia.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
DPRK Exclusive Economic Zone	1
Democratic People's Republic of Korea Exclusive Economic Zone	1
North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone canonical	1
North Korean continental shelf claims	1
North Korean maritime zones	1
North Korea’s east coast economic zone	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3411970 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone
Context triple: [Russian Federation Exclusive Economic Zone, neighboringStateEEZ, North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone]

A. Korean Peninsula
The Korean Peninsula is a region in East Asia extending southward from the Asian mainland, historically unified but now divided into North and South Korea.
B. Korean Demilitarized Zone
The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a heavily fortified buffer zone separating North and South Korea, symbolizing the ongoing division of the Korean Peninsula since the Korean War armistice.
C. Kaesong Industrial Region
The Kaesong Industrial Region is a special inter-Korean industrial park in North Korea where South Korean companies operated factories using North Korean labor as a symbol of economic cooperation between the two Koreas.
D. Gangwon Province, North Korea
Gangwon Province, North Korea is a mountainous eastern region of the country known for its strategic military importance and proximity to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
E. Sinuiju, Korea
Sinuiju, Korea is a North Korean city on the Yalu River bordering China, known as an important industrial and transportation hub.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone
Target entity description: The North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone is a maritime area over which North Korea claims special rights to explore and use marine resources, located in the seas surrounding the Korean Peninsula and bordering the exclusive economic zones of neighboring states including Russia.

A. Korean Peninsula
The Korean Peninsula is a region in East Asia extending southward from the Asian mainland, historically unified but now divided into North and South Korea.
B. Korean Demilitarized Zone
The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a heavily fortified buffer zone separating North and South Korea, symbolizing the ongoing division of the Korean Peninsula since the Korean War armistice.
C. Kaesong Industrial Region
The Kaesong Industrial Region is a special inter-Korean industrial park in North Korea where South Korean companies operated factories using North Korean labor as a symbol of economic cooperation between the two Koreas.
D. Gangwon Province, North Korea
Gangwon Province, North Korea is a mountainous eastern region of the country known for its strategic military importance and proximity to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
E. Sinuiju, Korea
Sinuiju, Korea is a North Korean city on the Yalu River bordering China, known as an important industrial and transportation hub.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	exclusive economic zone ⓘ
adjacentTo	North Korean territorial sea ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	DPRK Exclusive Economic Zone ⓘ linked to: North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone
borders	Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone ⓘ linked to: People's Republic of China Exclusive Economic Zone Russian Exclusive Economic Zone ⓘ South Korean Exclusive Economic Zone ⓘ linked to: Korean Peninsula waters
coastalState	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ⓘ linked to: North Korea
country	North Korea ⓘ
disputeType	maritime boundary delimitation issues ⓘ
extendsUpTo	200 nautical miles from baselines, where not limited by neighboring zones ⓘ
governedBy	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea maritime laws ⓘ
hasFunction	control of offshore resource development ⓘ regulation of foreign fishing activities ⓘ support of national food security through fisheries ⓘ
legalBasis	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
locatedIn	East Sea ⓘ linked to: East China Sea Korean Peninsula region ⓘ Sea of Japan ⓘ Yellow Sea ⓘ
partOf	North Korean maritime zones ⓘ linked to: North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone
region	Northeast Asia ⓘ
relatedTo	North Korean continental shelf claims ⓘ linked to: North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone North Korean territorial waters ⓘ linked to: North Korean territorial sea
resourceType	marine fisheries resources ⓘ offshore hydrocarbons potential ⓘ seabed mineral resources potential ⓘ
rightType	jurisdiction over artificial islands and installations ⓘ jurisdiction over marine scientific research ⓘ jurisdiction over protection and preservation of the marine environment ⓘ sovereign rights for exploring and exploiting natural resources ⓘ
seaArea	Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
status	subject to overlapping maritime claims with neighboring states ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Russian Federation Exclusive Economic Zone → neighboringStateEEZ → North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone ⓘ

People's Republic of China Exclusive Economic Zone → adjacentTo → Democratic People's Republic of Korea Exclusive Economic Zone ⓘ