Wreckage of North Korean fishing boat found in South

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SEOUL, March 22 (UPI) -- A large piece of a North Korean fishing boat was found on a beach in South Korea. The wreckage from what was identified as a North Korean trawler was found around 7:10 a.m. on Tuesday at a beach in Dokgot-ri, in the South Korean city of Seosan in South Chungcheong Province, Yonhap reported. The wooden fragment measured about 4 meters long, had a width of about 1.5 meters, and included an inscription that read "Muchuri" – a marker that helped South Korean police and military identify it. The boat had apparently drifted across the waters from the Muchu-ri area, located in the North Korean province of South Hwanghae, according to South Korea's joint investigation team. The ...

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