South Korea on Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of the sinking of the ROKS Cheonan, with the country’s defense minister Jeong Kyeong-doo confirming at the memorial ceremony that the military is reviewing naming one of its new frigates after the ship.
The minister in his speech today said that he “looks forward to the day that Cheonan resurrects with a new look,” while offering his condolences to the bereaved families and lauding the deceased soldiers’ sacrifice for their country.
In the speech, Jeong referred to the Cheonan sinking as an attack caused by “North
South Korea on Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of the sinking of the ROKS Cheonan, with the country's defense minister Jeong Kyeong-doo confirming at the memorial ceremony that the military is reviewing naming one of its new frigates after the ship.
The minister in his speech today said that he "looks forward to the day that Cheonan resurrects with a new look," while offering his condolences to the bereaved families and lauding the deceased soldiers' sacrifice for their country.
Jeongmin Kim is a Lead Correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean and DPRK-related foreign, defense and humanitarian affairs, and has covered the 2022 ROK Presidential election on the ground. Prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency's Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim