Tension-sensitive "Yeonpyeong"... "Increase anxiety over escalation of conflict"

[Anchor]
Tensions are rising as North Korea has opened its coastal artillery door and blew up the road connecting the South and the North.

Residents in the West Sea border area are also anxious.

I'll connect with a reporter from Yeonpyeong Island to find out more about the situation. Reporter Facial expression!

[Reporter]
Yes. It's on Yeonpyeong Island in Incheon.

[Anchor]
As the residents of Yeonpyeong Island suffered from the shelling incident, the higher the inter-Korean tension, the greater the anxiety.

Where are you right now?

[Reporter]
Yes, I am at the Yeonpyeong Island Security Education Center, which preserves the appearance of the Yeonpyeong Island shelling incident.

The scene of the exposed site, which remains the same even after more than a decade, shows the devastation at the time.

The furniture in the house is burned and shattered to the point where it is hard to recognize its shape.

The outer wall was blackened and cracked by the heat of the shell.

The roof collapsed.

Our reporters were able to meet residents who lost their hearing due to the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island here.

Let's listen to the story firsthand.

[Lee Ja-yeon / Yeonpyeong Island resident: My ears were bright after two or three days (after the shooting). I collapsed on the day of the shelling, and I think it was so wrong then....]

Residents who were affected by the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island say that whenever tensions between the two Koreas rise, anxiety grows again.

YTN reporters visited Yeonpyeong Island in June even when North Korea began provoking filth balloons.

As the conflict between the two Koreas deepens, residents' concerns seem to be greater than before.

[Anchor]
I feel like I was in a horrible situation at the time.

Since you have painful memories, Yeonpyeong Island will be even more anxious as tensions between the two Koreas rise.

[Reporter]
Yes, North Korea recently opened doors on the coast of Gaemori and Daesuap Island, about 15 kilometers away from Yeonpyeong Island.

As hundreds of shells from the coast of Gaemori during the Yeonpyeong Island incident have devastated this place, anxiety is spreading further due to the opening of the coastal artillery door.

The General Staff of the North Korean People's Army has even ordered fire-fighting units near the border to be fully prepared.

The crisis continues.

Yeonpyeong Island has about 2,000 residents.

Ongjin-gun is making efforts even during peacetime to prevent the disaster from repeating.

We manage reservoirs, check fire and electrical facilities, and have emergency food.

In addition, we are evacuating the emergency and checking the shelters in Yeonpyeong Island once again.

It plans to establish an emergency contact network with the military and police to evacuate residents immediately in case of an emergency.

So far, I'm YTN's facial expression Woo at the Yeonpyeong Island Manghyang Observatory.