Salvage ship arrives in area of sunken mystery ship

Salvage ship arrives in area of sunken mystery ship

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The 15,850-ton Yoshida Maru No. 60 arrives in the area of the East China Sea on Sept. 10 to raise a suspected North Korean spy ship, which sunk there last December after a shoot-out with Japan Coast Guard patrol ships. The salvage ship is to raise the sunken ship from the seabed, 90 meters below the surface, on Sept. 11. (Kyodo)

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