At least 24 N. Korean sailors dead in E. Coast naval accident

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At least 24 N. Korean sailors dead in E. Coast naval accident

Rare acknowledgment of naval accident emerges in North Korean media

Chad O'Carroll November 4, 2013

At least 24 N. Korean sailors dead in E. Coast naval accident

KCNA

At least 24 North Korean sailors died in an unexplained naval accident that took place in mid October, DPRK state revealed on Saturday.

The crew members, which belonged to a submarine chaser in Korean People's Army Unit 790, appear to have died in an accident off North Korea's East Coast on or around October 13, 2013, photographs of their gravestones published by the Korea Central News Agency have shown.

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Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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