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{{Short description|Island of North Korea}}
{{Infobox islands
| name             = Ka Island<br>Ga Island
| image_name       = 
| image_caption    = 
| map              = North Korea
| map_caption      = Location in North Korea
| nickname         = 
| location         = [[Bay of Korea]], [[Yellow Sea]]
| coordinates      = {{coord|39.548484|N|124.666258|E|display=inline, title|format=dms}}
| archipelago      = [[Pansong Archipelago|Pansongs]]
| area_km2         = 19.2
| length_km        = 
| width_km         = 
| highest_mount    = Yeondae-bong ({{lang|ko|{{linktext|연대|봉}}}})
| elevation_m      = 333
| population       = 
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| ethnic_groups    = 
| country          = [[North Korea]]
| additional_info  = 
}}
{{hatnote|'Pi Island' redirects here. Not to be confused with the two [[Pi Islands]] of Antarctica.}}
'''Ka Island''' (alternately, '''Ga Island''') is a [[North Korea]]n [[Islands of North Korea|island]] in the [[Pansong Archipelago]] in [[West Korea Bay]]. It lies just south of the [[Cholsan Peninsula]]. It includes Ka Island Village ({{lang|ko|가도리}}, ''Kado-ri'') and forms part of [[North Korea]]'s [[Cholsan County]].

==Names==
{{Infobox Korean name |context=north
|hangul={{linktext|가도}} |hanja={{linktext|椵島}} |rr=Gado |mr=Ka-to |lk={{nowrap|[[Pomelo]] [[list of Korean islands|Island]]}}
}}
{{Chinese |title=Pi Island
|t={{linktext|皮㠀}} |s={{linktext|皮岛}} |p=Pídǎo |w=P'i-tao |l=[[Animal skins|Hides]]{{nbsp}}Island
|altname=Dongjiang{{nbsp}}Garrison |t2={{linktext|東江|鎭}} |s2={{linktext|东江|镇}} |p2=Dōngjiāng{{nbsp}}zhèn |w2={{nowrap|Tung-chiang Chên}} |l2=East{{nbsp}}River{{nbsp}}[[Town (China)|Town]] 
}}
"Ka Island"<ref>{{citation |title=''"Map of Korea"'' |url=http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/images/Eudasm/Asia/images/maps/download/KR2003_SO.jpg |publisher=Map Publishing House |location=Pyongyang |date=1986 }}.</ref> or "Ka-to" is the official North Korean [[romanization of Korean|romanization]] of the island's name, using [[McCune–Reischauer#North Korean variant|its form]] of the [[McCune–Reischauer system]]. Since 2000, its [[South Korea]]n equivalent has been "Gado"<ref>{{citation |title=''"Map of Korea"'' |url=http://www.maps-of-the-world.net/maps/maps-of-asia/maps-of-south-korea/large-physical-map-of-korean-peninsula-with-all-cities.jpg |date=2007 |location=Seoul |publisher=National Geographic Information Institute }}.</ref> or {{nowrap|"Ga-do",}} using its [[Revised Romanization system]]. In Chinese sources, the same name appears as '''Jiadao'''.<ref name=archetype/> The names all translate as "[[Pomelo]] Island".

In the 17th century, the Chinese knew Ka as "[[Animal skins|Hides]] Island", which appears in English accounts of the era as {{nowrap|'''Pi Island'''}}{{sfnp|Struve|1998|p=8}} or '''Pidao'''.<ref name=archetype>{{harvp|Jung|2006|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=U9rWcNu89kgC&pg=PA44 44]}}.</ref>{{sfnp|Swope|2014|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=WRaoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA288 288]}} It was also known as the '''Dongjiang'''{{nbsp}}Garrison, from [[Mao Wenlong]]'s settlement there.<ref name=archetype/>

==History==
[[Ming dynasty|Ming]] [[Ming army|soldiers]] were stationed on the island during the reigns of the [[Joseon]] kings [[King Gwanghae|Gwanghae]] ({{abbr|r|ruled}}.{{nbsp}}1608–1623) and [[King Injo|Injo]] ({{abbr|r|ruled}}.{{nbsp}}1623–1649).<ref name=gwon>{{harvp|Kwon|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=KcYthUKyeS0C&pg=PA59 59]}}.</ref> Owing to the [[Later Jin (1616-1636)|Later Jin]] invasion of [[Liaoning]], the island flooded with both Ming troops and northern refugees.<ref name=goldenboy>{{harvp|Kim|2007|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=yHmKU9XgW-cC&pg=PA68 68]}}.</ref> 

The Ming general [[Mao Wenlong]] attacked from and retreated to Ka Island during the 1621 [[Battle of Fort Zhenjiang]]. He then used the island as a personal base of operations from 1622.<ref name=archetype/>{{sfnp|Bohnet|2008|p=94}} Obliged to remain off the Korean mainland by Manchu pressure on the [[Joseon]] court, Mao justified his occupation of the island as an "area of strategic importance" ({{lang|zh|{{linktext|扼要|區}}}}, ''èyào qū'') able to "defend [[Dengzhou, Shandong|Dengzhou]] and [[Laizhou]] southwards, stay in connection with [[Joseon|Korea]] eastwards, and attack the [[Later Jin (Manchu)|Manchu]] northwards".<ref name=archetype/> By 1628, there were 26,000 troops who—together with their dependents—consumed 100,000 ''[[seom (unit)|seom]]'' of rice.<ref name=goldilocks>{{harvp|Kim|2007|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=yHmKU9XgW-cC&pg=PA218 218]}}.</ref> Its supply was largely organized from the port of [[Dengzhou, Shandong|Dengzhou]] (now Penglai) on the north coast of [[China]]'s [[Shandong Peninsula]], but—partially owing to continued Korean gratitude for the Ming's help repelling Japan<ref name=archetype/>—this was supplemented by a Korean levy known as the "western provisions tax" (''sŏryang'')<ref name=gwon/><ref name=cmon>{{harvp|Kwon|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=KcYthUKyeS0C&pg=PA44 44]}}.</ref> that ultimately contributed about 260,000{{nbsp}}''[[seom (unit)|seom]]'' of rice.<ref name=junglove/>{{efn|Mao also extorted ships, guns, horses, and [[ginseng]] from the Koreans.<ref name=junglove/>}} Because of the irregularity of Chinese supply and the frequency of Korean famines, Mao also established farming colonies on the nearby mainland at [[Cholsan]] ("Tieshan"), [[Changsong]] ("Changcheng"), and [[Uiju]] ("Yizhou").<ref name=junglove>{{harvp|Jung|2006|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=U9rWcNu89kgC&pg=PA46 46]}}.</ref> 

After the fall of [[Lüshun]] to the Manchu, Mao was freed from most oversight and began to establish Ka as an independent maritime kingdom{{sfnp|Jung|2006|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=U9rWcNu89kgC&pg=PA45 45]}} with open markets at Ka and Tieshan.<ref name=jungboy>{{harvp|Jung|2006|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=U9rWcNu89kgC&pg=PA47 47]}}.</ref> He attempted to negotiate an official [[free trade]] policy between China and Korea, ending their remaining [[sea ban]]s and restrictions on exportation of goods considered strategically important, but also aimed to restrict Korea's direct [[tributary trade]] with China, instead driving its goods to his markets.<ref name=jungboy/> He charged visiting merchants high taxes but protected all comers,<ref name=jungboy/> including raiders<ref name=goldenchild>{{harvp|Kim|2007|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=yHmKU9XgW-cC&pg=PA69 69]}}.</ref> and smugglers,<ref name=jungboy/> and so drew in much of the [[Yellow Sea]] trade between [[Later Jin (Manchu)|Manchuria]], China, and [[Joseon|Korea]].<ref name=jungboy/>{{sfnp|Bohnet|2008|p=94}} Scholars estimate he was able to collect tens of thousands of silver [[tael]] a year;<ref name=jungboy/> he also sought supplies of Korean copper and iron to mint his own currency.<ref name=jungboy/>

Even after Mao's assassination by the Ming in 1629, troops and refugees remained stationed on the island until 1636.<ref name=goldenchild/> As preparation for the [[Qing invasion of Joseon|Manchu's second invasion of Korea]], [[Hong Taiji]] traveled to [[Zhenjiang]] and sent [[Abatai]], [[Jirgalang]], and [[Ajige]] to secure its western coast in the 12th [[Chinese calendar|lunar month]] of 1636. [[Shen Shikui]] was well ensconced in Ka Island's fortifications and hammered his attackers with heavy cannon for over a month. In the end, Ming and Korean defectors including [[Kong Youde]] landed 70 boats on the eastern side of the island and drew out his garrison in that direction. On the next morning, however, he found that the Qing—"who seem to have flown"—had landed to his rear in the northwest corner of the island in the middle of the night. Shen refused to surrender, but was overrun and beheaded by [[Ajige]].{{sfnp|Swope|2014|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=WRaoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA115 115]}} Official reports put the casualties as at least [[Myriad#East Asia|10,000]], with few survivors. The Ming general [[:zh:楊嗣昌|Yang Sichang]] then withdrew the remaining Ming forces in Korea to [[Denglai]] in northern [[Shandong]].{{sfnp|Swope|2014|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=WRaoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA115 115]}} (The removal of the Chinese settlement is sometimes portrayed as reducing the tax burden on nearby Korean settlements,<ref name=goldenchild/> but in fact the [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] merely continued them under another name.)<ref name=cmon/>

In late October 1951, the [[People's Liberation Army|PLA]] made a concerted push to remove UN troops from islands near the mouth of the [[Yalu River|Yalu]]. The most significant was [[Taehwa Island]], but Ka Island was also assaulted during the night of 5 November and then strafed by Yak fighters on 14 November. During the second attack, the garrison was quickly overrun.{{sfnp|Werrell|2005|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=PlAAJReESsIC&pg=PT83 83]}}

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[[Category:Islands of North Korea]]
[[Category:North Pyongan]]
[[Category:Islands of the Yellow Sea]]