Act on the Exclusive Economic Zone (No. 5151 of 1996). Country/Territory Korea, Republic of Document type Legislation Date 1996 (2011) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Sea Keyword Basic legislation EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Maritime zone Sovereignty Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes The Act enters into force on a date to be established by Presidential Decree. Abstract With this Act the Republic of Korea establishes an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and fixes the breadth of the EEZ at two hundred nautical miles outwards from the baseline. Full text English Website www.klri.re.kr