2010 Eocheong boat collision incident

The 2010 Eocheong boat collision incident occurred on December 18, 2010 off Eocheong Island in the Yellow Sea. It involved the Republic of Korea Coast Guard (ROK) and fishermen from the People's Republic of China. About 50 Chinese trawlers were illegally fishing about 120 kilometers off the island of Eocheong. A Republic of Korea Coast Guard ship shot the fishermen with water cannons to move them back. When the coast guardsmen began boarding the ship to detain the fishermen, the trawler intentionally collided with one of the Korean coastguard patrol boats.

When the coastguard boarded the vessel, the fishermen attacked them with blunt objects from around the boat (such as oars, tools etc). Four Korean coastguard officers were injured in the altercation, one fisherman died, and two went missing. Though eight boats and four helicopters later searched for the missing fishermen, they were never found. The fisherman who died fell unconscious after the collision and went into a coma, dying at a hospital in Gunsan.

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