Two-and-a-half hours by ferry from Incheon, South Korea, is the small island of Yeonpyeong.
It looks from the ferry like any South Korean island, until you notice the heavy military presence. It seems like everyone here is wearing camouflage – even the fishermen.
That's because the island is only 40km (25 miles) away from Haeju, North Korea. On a clear day, you can see shoreline with the naked eye. And only 4km away is a tiny North Korean island stocked with rocket artillery launchers.
As tensions rise yet again on the Korean peninsula, people on Yeonpyeong have good reason to be nervously watching the horizon.
Disputed line at sea
“When I came to my senses after we evacuated I looked over what I had actually brought with me,” said Ms Kang, a Yeonpyeong resident.
“I realised I'd only brought the winter jacket I was wearing and two pairs of socks for my babies.”
Soldiers stationed at a Yeonpyeong watchtower
Ms Kang – she didn't want to give her full name – was among hundreds of people hurriedly evacuated from Yeonpyeong in 2010 after North Korea carried out what remains its only deadly…
