S.Korea releases final report on fatal warship sinking

[ErnstBlofeld]

Space Daily via AFP:

 

South Korea Monday released a full report into the deadly sinking of a warship blamed on North Korea, saying it was acting to quell "groundless" suspicions about who was to blame for the tragedy.

The defence ministry report, numbering around 300 pages, reaffirms conclusions reached in May by international investigators that a torpedo attack by a North Korean submarine sank the corvette and killed 46 sailors.

 

The South announced reprisals after the initial report was published, including a partial trade cut-off, triggering an angry response from the North, which continues to deny responsibility.

 

Many South Koreans are also sceptical. A survey by Seoul National University's Institute for Peace and Unification Studies showed that only three in 10 trust the findings of the international inquiry.

 

The 1,200-ton warship was split into two on March 26 near the tense inter-Korea sea border off the west coast, in one of the divided peninsula's deadliest incidents in decades.

 

 

Edited September 23, 2010 by Rheo
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