26-03-2010, 07:13 PM
There are breaking news reports of attacks, sinkings, etc. involving a South Korean navy vessel.
USA Today:
A South Korean patrol boat with 104 crew members on board is sinking near a disputed maritime border with North Korea following an explosion, The Korean Herald reports.
The newspaper, quoting unidentified sources, says 58 sailors have been rescued.
The Associated Press says South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports that South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has convened an emergency meeting of security-related ministers.
While noting that the area has been the scene of deadly naval clashes with the North Koreans in the past, the explosion in the rear of the 1,200-ton Cheonan may have been caused by the boat's own explosives.
The Herald, quoting the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, also reports that a South Korean vessel around the same time had fired warning shots toward the North at a suspicious object on radar that turned out to be a flock of birds.
The Herald says North Korean forces had conducted artillery firing drills in the area earlier.
See also
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8589507.stm
USA Today:
A South Korean patrol boat with 104 crew members on board is sinking near a disputed maritime border with North Korea following an explosion, The Korean Herald reports.
The newspaper, quoting unidentified sources, says 58 sailors have been rescued.
The Associated Press says South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports that South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has convened an emergency meeting of security-related ministers.
While noting that the area has been the scene of deadly naval clashes with the North Koreans in the past, the explosion in the rear of the 1,200-ton Cheonan may have been caused by the boat's own explosives.
The Herald, quoting the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, also reports that a South Korean vessel around the same time had fired warning shots toward the North at a suspicious object on radar that turned out to be a flock of birds.
The Herald says North Korean forces had conducted artillery firing drills in the area earlier.
See also
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8589507.stm
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