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Re: 2 missing after N. Korean boat collides with S. Korean ship
SEOUL, South Korea - A North Korean fishing boat collided with a South Korea cargo ship early Tuesday, leaving two North Koreans missing, officials said.
The collision took place before dawn near the eastern sea border between the divided Koreas, said a South Korean Defense Ministry official, on condition of anonymity citing office policy.
The official said two of four North Koreans aboard the fishing boat were rescued, but the other two were still missing.
Kim Young-il, a spokesman at the Unification Ministry, said the South Korean ship was carrying sand from North Korea and the accident was believed to have occurred just north of the maritime border.
The safety of crew members aboard the sand-carrying boat was unknown. Kim said the exact cause of the collision was still under investigation.
The two Koreas are still technically in state of war because their 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. Ties between the countries have soured since a pro-U.S., conservative government took office in February in Seoul.
