Japanese Coast Guard Rescues 26 North Koreans from Sinking Ship

According to the article the ship was transporting rice from North Korea’s west coast to its east coast.  I wonder if there was anything else was on the ship?:

Twenty-six North Koreans have been handed over to a North Korean tanker after being pulled from a sinking cargo ship off the coast of Japan late Wednesday.

The Japanese Coast Guard (JCG) went to the rescue after receiving a distress signal from the ship, which had run into difficulties off Japan’s Kyushu Prefecture, 38 miles (61 kilometers) southwest of the Goto Islands, a spokesman said.
The crew members spent a short time in Japanese custody before being collected by a tanker to take them back to North Korea.  [CNN]
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Tagum City Tim
7 years ago

– I am sure the Japanese will be quick to check it out or claim the ship as international salvage once it sinks fully.

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