South Korean navy ship sinking, North suspected

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SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean naval ship was sinking on Friday after possibly being hit by a North Korean torpedo and several sailors were killed, South Korean media reported.

A South Korean warship later fired at an unidentified vessel toward the north, indicating a possible attack, and the South's presidential Blue House was holding an emergency security meeting, the Yonhap news agency said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/26/AR2010032602048_pf.html

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SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean naval ship was sinking on Friday after possibly being hit by a North Korean torpedo and several sailors were killed, South Korean media reported.

A South Korean warship later fired at an unidentified vessel toward the north, indicating a possible attack, and the South's presidential Blue House was holding an emergency security meeting, the Yonhap news agency said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/26/AR2010032602048_pf.html

And so the fun begins...

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Update: Ship sunk.

A South Korean naval vessel with more than 100 aboard has sunk in waters near North Korea after an explosion ripped through the ship. The ship - reported to have 104 crew on board - sank off the coast of South Korean-controlled Baengnyeong Island close to the disputed maritime border with North Korea.

According to an official at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the explosion occurred about 10.45 pm local time, but the exact cause was not immediately clear. South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported an explosion in the rear of the 1,200-ton ship, but the official said he could not confirm the report. Early reports suspected a torpedo attack from a North Korean ship. Yonhap reported that another South Korean ship fired shots toward an unidentified target in the direction of North Korea. The Joint Chiefs official said he could not confirm the shooting but said the military was strengthening its vigilance in the area.

The incident comes amid heightened tension between the two Koreas, which remain in a state of war because their three-year conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, in 1953.

President Lee Myung-bak convened an emergency meeting of security-related ministers, Yonhap said, citing presidential spokeswoman Kim Eun-hye. Six naval ships and two coast guard vessels were rushed to the waters to rescue the crew, with more than 50 being saved so far, according to Yonhap. The disputed border in the Yellow Sea was the scene of deadly naval clashes in 1999 and 2002.

Earlier on Friday, North Korea's military accused the United States and South Korea of trying to topple the

Pyongyang regime and said it was ready to launch nuclear attacks to frustrate any provocations.

The military General Staff cited a South Korean newspaper report as evidence of "desperate moves of the US imperialists and the South Korean puppet warmongers" for regime change. A General Staff spokesman warned the official Korean Central News Agency that there would be a retaliation for any attack. "Those who seek to bring down the system in the DPRK (North Korea)... will fall victim to the unprecedented nuclear strikes of the invincible army," he said.

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"...the US imperialists and the South Korean puppet warmongers... "

Totalitarian regimes sure do have a way with words.

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That just made me