South Korean ship hits North Korean boat, some missing
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A South Korean vessel and a North Korean fishing boat have collided off the Korean peninsula's east coast, leaving two North Koreans missing, a South Korean military official said.
The South Korean vessel was carrying sand from the North when it collided with the fishing boat near a North Korean port, an official with the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
South Korea has been dredging off North Korea's coast for several years with the cooperation of the communist state.
An earlier report from the South's Yonhap news agency said the accident took place on the west coast and some North Korean fishermen were killed.
No further details were available.
- Reuters
