The South Korean Navy searches for possible survivors. (AFP)South Korean Warship 'May Have Hit Old Mine' -- Times Online
The explosion which split in two a South Korean naval ship may have been caused by a sixty-year old sea mine, the country’s defence minister said yesterday, as rescuers spent a fourth day searching for the 46 missing sailors believed to have gone down with the vessel close to the disputed border with North Korea.
The Seoul government has not directly blamed North Korea for the mysterious explosion on the Cheonan, a 1200 ton corvette which sank off Baengnyeong Island, as it patrolled in the Yellow Sea late on Friday night. But the defence minister, Kim Tae Young, said yesterday that it could have been caused by one of thousands of Soviet maritime mines set by the North during the 1950-53 Korean War.
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More News on Friday's Sinking Of The Cheonan
SKorea: Mine from NKorea may have sunk naval ship -- AP
S. Korea thinks N. Korea mine sunk ship -- Washington Times
50-year-old mine eyed in S. Korea ship disaster -- MSNBC
Mine emerges as most likely cause of ship sinking -- Korea Herald
Sunken South Korean naval ship 'split in half' -- BBC
Divers Reach South Korean Wreckage -- Wall Street Journal
S. Korean Defense Chief Says North May Have Floated Mine to Damage Navy Ship -- FOX News
South Korean divers reach sunken warship -- BBC
Hopes Dims for Survivors as Sunken South Korean Ship Located -- Voice of America
Salvage operations to take one month -- Korea Herald
In pictures: Hunt for South Korea sinking survivors -- BBC
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