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South Korean ship with 100 onboard sinks after suspected North Korean torpedo attack | A South Korean naval ship with 104 people onboard has been sunk off North Korea's west coast in what is being described as a suspected torpedo attack by North Korea. According to local media, the ship
- currently not named - went down near Baengnyeong Island, killing "several".
The Sun quoted South Korean media as saying that a South Korean naval ship with
more than 100 on board was sinking in the waters off the west coast near North
Korea and a rescue operation is under way. The report added that the South
Korean
ship had fired shots at an unidentified ship in the North. While the incident
has not been confirmed by South Korean Government officials, the country's YTN
TV network said an emergency security meeting is being held. It added the
government
is investigating whether the sinking was due to a torpedo attack by North Korea.
The network also quoted a government source saying it was "unclear" whether the
incident was related to North Korea. "We are currently focusing on rescuing
people,"
the source said. The incident took place near a disputed Yellow Sea maritime
border off the west coast of the peninsula that was the scene of two deadly naval
fights between South and North Korea in the past decade. |
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