Japan finds 7 bodies in suspected N. Korea boat
Fishermen sitting on a boat on the Yalu River off North Korea’s Sinuiju city. Experts say some North Korean fishermen are travelling far out to sea to satisfy government mandates for bigger catches, resulting in cases of their vessels ending up in Japanese territory. – EPA pic, December 29, 2019.
THE badly decomposed remains of seven people have been found in a suspected North Korean fishing boat that washed up on a Japanese island, said a coast guard official today. The remains were found yesterday in a broken vessel on the shore of Sado Island, some 900km from North Korea across the Sea of Japan.
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