Description:

Located at South Korea’s westernmost tip, Baekryeong Island is far closer to North Korea than the South. To deter invasion, tanks line the roads, guards are mounted on every hill and concrete pyramid-shaped fortifications cover the beaches. The nearly 5,000 residents who live here have learned to live under constant low level threat.

남한의 최서단에 위치한 백령도는 남한의 침입 탱크들이 줄지어 서 있는 것을 막기 위해, 모든 언덕에 경비대가 설치되어 있고 해변을 덮고 있는 콘크리트 피라미드 모양의 요새입니다. 이곳에 사는 거의 5,000명의 주민들은 지속적인 낮은 수준의 위협 속에서 사는 법을 배웠습니다.

Transcription:

This South Korean island has more soldiers than residents Baekreong is closer to North Korea than the South In this fortress you can see tanks on roadsides and guards on every hill The beach is covered with concrete pyramid shaped fortifications

About 5, 000 residents who live here are under constant threat

especially after North Korea launched a blitz of missile test in 2022

Kim Keum-sook: In fact I really still live with that fear of what if one person infiltrates and destroys a whole neighbourhood Sometimes I dream of North Koreans invading.

Baekreong is of strategic importance as it helps control vital Yellow Sea shipping lanes The South Korean army now regularly conducts artillery drills on the island

Lee Chung-dong: ( The South Korean government) is committed ( to defending Baekreong Island)

because they know that if Baekreong falls, so will Incheon.

Now people have learned to live under constant threat

Kim Bok- hee: In the past when ( North Korea) first towards us, it was really scary and we all hid in the shelters. It happened a few times but now I'm pretty used to it and it doesn't bother me.​

이 남한의 섬은 주민들보다 더 많은 군인들을 가지고 있습니다. 백릉은 남한보다 북한에 더 가깝습니다. 이 요새에서 당신은 도로변의 탱크와 모든 언덕의 경비병들을 볼 수 있습니다. 해변은 콘크리트 피라미드 모양의 요새로 덮여 있습니다.

김복희입니다. 과거에 (북한이) 처음 우리를 향해 왔을 때는 정말 무서웠고 우리는 모두 대피소에 숨었습니다. 그런 일이 몇 번 있었는데 이제는 익숙해지고 신경 쓰이지도 않아요.

Questions:

1. What could be seen Baekreong ?

2. What is the beach covered with?

3. Why is Baekreong strategic important?​​