The South Korean General Staff stated that the South Korean army helped the North Korean ship drift towards the inter-Korean border; He said the sailors had not expressed their desire to seek refuge in the South. This was reported by Korea Times.
At the same time, the incident was reported to North Korea through international communication channels.
The distressed vessel was first detected by a patrol aircraft approximately three kilometers north of the Northern Demarcation Line in the Sea of Japan (East).
Shortly thereafter, a South Korean patrol ship was dispatched to the area after noticing SOS signals coming from the ship. After approaching, it was understood that the ship that ran aground belonged to North Korea.
It was announced that a signal was received that there would be a drift for 10 days and a return to the North was planned. The crew requested food and drinking water.
Before that the cargo ship “Alexander Gusev” stranded In the Barents Sea. Measures were taken to eliminate the consequences of the incident with the cargo ship.
Previously in North Korea named The entry of a US submarine into South Korea “was a condition for the use of nuclear weapons.”