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S.Korea begins salvage operation of sunken boat
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Xinhua News Agency
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August 5, 2002
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S.Korea begins salvage operation of sunken boat
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- South Korea began a salvage operation
Monday morning for a patrol boat which sank during an inter-Korean
clash on June 29 in the Yellow Sea, said the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(JCS).
A 4,300-ton rescue vessel, several barges, some 60 scuba divers as
well as military and civilian equipment have been dispatched to
waters near the battle site west of Yeonpyeong Island, the JCS was
quoted as saying by the national news agency Yonhap ...