North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone
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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.
All labels observed (6)
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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 |
North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
DPRK Exclusive Economic Zone
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| borders |
People's Republic of China Exclusive Economic Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone
Russian Exclusive Economic Zone ⓘ Korean Peninsula waters ⓘ
surface form:
South Korean Exclusive Economic Zone
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| coastalState |
North Korea
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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| 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 China Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
East Sea
Korean Peninsula region ⓘ Sea of Japan ⓘ Yellow Sea ⓘ |
| partOf |
North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
North Korean maritime zones
|
| region | Northeast Asia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
North Korean continental shelf claims
North Korean territorial sea ⓘ
surface form:
North Korean territorial waters
|
| 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
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone Description of subject: 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.
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
→
North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Democratic People's Republic of Korea Exclusive Economic Zone
this entity surface form:
DPRK Exclusive Economic Zone
North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone
→
partOf
→
North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
North Korean maritime zones
North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone
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relatedTo
→
North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
North Korean continental shelf claims