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China-Japan-Koreas
Mysterious NORK Ghost Ship's Full of Skeletons Wash Up in Japan
2017-11-28
[Newsweek] Ships believed to have come from North Korea and filled with dead bodies and skeletons have been washing up on the west coast of Japan, as desperate fishermen are forced further and further out to sea in search of a catch.

Japanese authorities said Monday they uncovered the skeletons of eight individuals from the hull of one wooden boat that washed ashore on Miyazawa beach in the northwest of Japan's main island of Honshu.

According to CNN the unidentified "ghost ship" was spotted by the Akita Coast Guard drifting offshore Friday but it wasn’t until it came into land that the grisly discovery was made.

It is not entirely clear the boat came from North Korea but the discovery of the wooden vessel fits a pattern of debris and other boats being washed up from the waters of the hermit nation on the Japanese coast, officials said.
Posted by:Besoeker

#4  Maps and compasses weaken the proletarian and juche spirit, just like too much food
Posted by: Frank G   2017-11-28 19:37  

#3  #2 Don't soldiers have a compass?
Posted by: Jack Hapsburg9466 2017-11-28 17:19

...Some Nork officers might have compasses...but anybody else with a compass might decide to make a break for it.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2017-11-28 18:35  

#2  Don't soldiers have a compass?
Posted by: Jack Hapsburg9466   2017-11-28 17:19  

#1  This has been happening for a few years now. Speculation is the dead are army soldiers with little or no experience fishing on the open ocean. Goes to show just how desperate the NORKS are for something to eat.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-11-28 11:42  

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