By Jennifer Jun, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and Victor Cha.
Growing Chinese activity in and around the Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ) in the Yellow Sea has become a major source of concern for South Korea over the past year. The PMZ, established by South Korea and China through a 2001 bilateral agreement to temporarily manage their overlapping EEZ claims in the Yellow Sea, allows fishing activities from both sides but does not authorize the installation of other structures. (From: Beyond Parallel.)