(3) 3 bodies found from suspected sunken spy ship

(3) 3 bodies found from suspected sunken spy ship

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A body recovered from a suspected North Korean spy ship that sank in the East China Sea was unloaded from a Japan Coast Guard (JCG) helicopter in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 23. The JCG found bodies of three out of about 15 crew members of the ship that sank after exchanging fire with Japanese patrol boats Dec. 22.

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