S Korea Corvette Sank

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Si-Young Lee, S Korean naval ship sinks near NKorea; 46 missing. Associated
Press, Mar. 27, 2010 (1 hr ago).
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100327/ap_on_re_as/as_skorea_ship_sinks;_ylt=A0wNdP3pJK5LJAUB.Ums0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJsMGNjOGk3BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMzI3L2FzX3Nrb3JlYV9zaGlwX3NpbmtzBGNwb3MDMQRwb3MDMgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNza29yZWFubmF2YWw-

Note:
(1) Baengnyeong Island 白翎岛
(2) Cheonan 天安舰

(a) Cheonan 天安市
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheonan
(a city in Chungcheongnam-do/South Chungcheong/忠清南道)

(b) ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROKS_Cheonan_(PCC-772)

My comment:
(i) The "S" in ROKS stands for "ship."
(ii) Pohang 浦項市
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohang
(a city in Gyeongsangbuk-do/North Gyeongsang/慶尙北道)

(c) 韩国总统下令彻查军舰爆炸沉没事件. BBC Chinese, Mar. 27, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2010/03/100327_shipsinking_investigation.shtml
("总统府官员说，根据卫星图片和其它情报，在“天安舰”发生爆炸沉没时，周围并没
有朝鲜军队的迹象。总统府发言人说，朝鲜军方迄今尚未出现不寻常的动作。")

My comment: there is no need to read the rest of the bBC report.

(d) Pohang (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette). GlobalSecurity.org undated.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/pohang.htm
("This class of ships was built by four shipbuilders in South Korea [from
1984-1993] * * * The Pohang class ships were named after cities in South
Korea.")

(e) N Korea does have submarines and bases. See

Korean People's Army Navy. GlobalSecurity.org undated.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/dprk/navy.htm

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