South Korea asks North Korea for help with finding missing seaman near border
Seoul said the sailor may have drifted north of the Northern Limit Line as ships and aircraft search the area, officials said.
- On Sunday, South Korea asked North Korea to help search for and return a missing navy sailor believed to have drifted north of the Northern Limit Line during a patrol off its eastern coast.
- The seaman apprentice went missing Sunday morning while aboard a naval vessel patrolling about 50 kilometers off Geojin in Gangwon Province, last seen by a crew member between midnight and 2 a.m.
- South Korea's Navy launched a search operation with the Coast Guard, deploying around 10 ships and aircraft. Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back instructed officials to "make every effort to rescue the missing serviceman as quickly and safely as possible."
- Pyongyang has not responded to the humanitarian request, despite Seoul notifying North Korea through international merchant ship communication channels while the country deepens ties with Moscow.
- President Lee Jae Myung's appeal aligns with his dovish approach toward the North, seeking to ease tensions through dialogue and confidence-building measures that mark a sharp shift from his predecessor's hawkish policies.
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A crew member of a Navy frigate who went missing yesterday (the 12th) in waters near the Northern Limit Line in the East Sea was found dead a day after his disappearance. The Navy announced that at around 5:58 a.m. today (the 13th), 52 km east of Geojin-eup, Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do, the crew member of the previous day's patrol vessel...
South Korea has asked North Korea to help find a missing sailor. South Korea has asked North Korea to help find a missing sailor near the inter-Korean maritime border. The request was made through journalists because there is no working communication channel.
The request was sent via text message to journalists because there is no active communication line between the divided countries, according to the ministry responsible for inter-Korean affairs. It added that the request was addressed to Pyongyang. "On July 12, a navy sailor went missing while on coast guard duty in the East Sea, and there appears to be a possibility of drifting north across the northern boundary line," the South Korean governmen…
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