Two N. Korean submarines unaccounted for at time
the Cheonan was sunk
South Korea's military is increasingly confident that a North Korea submarine was involved in the explosion and sinking of a South Korean warship that has left 38 dead and eight missing. The 1,200-ton navy corvette, the Cheonan, was ripped apart on March 26 during a routine patrol near the tense border with North Korea. It was "most likely to be attacked by either a mine or a torpedo from a North Korean submarine," a military official said.
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The Cheonan sails during a naval operation on the sea March 23, just three days before it sank off Baengnyeongdo, an island near the maritime border with North Korea.
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