Explosion Sinks South Korean Naval Vessel, Crewmembers Missing -- News Updates March 27, 2010

A South Korean naval ship, the Cheonan, sinks near South Korea's Baeknyeong Island, close to North Korea, in the western waters on Saturday, March 27, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

South Korean Ship Sinking: Was North Korea Involved? -- Christian Science Monitor

The cause of the South Korean ship sinking is unclear. But North Korea has taunted the South in the past, and the two navies exchanged gunfire last year.

The sinking of a South Korean naval vessel Friday is raising fears that North Korea is once again rattling its sabers, though there is so far no evidence that Pyongyang had a role in the incident.

The South Korean ship, navigating in disputed waters in the Yellow Sea, was sunk Friday, and perhaps dozens of sailors were killed. But the cause of the sinking is unclear at time of writing.

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President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea, center, at a security meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Friday. Blue House, via Reuters

More News On The Sinking Of The South Korean Warship Cheonon

SKorean naval ship sinks near NKorea; 46 missing -- Yahoo News/AP
South Korea rules out navy ship sunk by North Korea -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Hopes fade for 46 sailors after S.Korean warship sinks -- Yahoo News/AFP
South Korea rules out DPRK's involvement in warship sinking -- Xinhuanet
North Korea not likely to have sunk ship - Yonhap -- Reuters
South Korean ship sinks under unexplained circumstances -- Global Crisis News
Survivor suggests outside attack on ship -- Korea Herald
Hopes fade for 46 missing after South Korean naval disaster -- Vancouver Sun
Search continues for South Korean sailors after sinking -- CNN
Explosion Sinks S. Korean Navy Ship in Tense Border Area With North -- Voice of America
S. Korean Navy Ship Sinks in Disputed Waters -- New York Times
Explosion sinks South Korean naval ship near disputed sea border with North -- Washington Post
Pentagon Monitoring South Korean Naval Ship Sinking, U.S. Says -- Business Week/Bloomberg
The doomed warship -- Economic Times of India
In pictures: Hunt for South Korea sinking survivors -- BBC