Originally published on November 5, 2013
At least 19 sailors were killed when two North Korean warships sank off the eastern port of Wonsan in mid-October.
According to South Korea's Chosun Ilbo, the two warships were a Hainan-class 375-ton submarine chaser, known as submarine chaser No 233, and a 100- to 200-ton patrol boat.
The newspaper cited a South Korean military source who said the submarine chaser probably sank because of its age. The source did not say why the patrol boat may have sank or what the exact number of fatalities was.
Other South Korean sources suggested that the two vessels sunk in a collision. Some South Korean sources say as many as 30 sailors died when the two ships sank.
North Korea's state media KNCA published pictures of leader Kim Jong-un visiting a naval cemetery for the crew of "submarine chaser No 233." KNCA claims that the vessel sank while performing combat duties in mid-October.
Reuters reports that the two Koreans remain technically at war since 1953. North Korea conducted its third nuclear test this year, which has drawn condemnation from around the world.
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