Thursday's rescue marks a rare circumstance in which North Korean authorities requested international assistance following the sinking of its vessel.
Three North Korean sailors were recovered by the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) off the western coast of Shimane Prefecture on Thursday, with one other person still missing at sea. The incident marks a rare circumstance in which North Korean authorities requested international assistance in recovering its maritime personnel. It now places Japanese authorities in an even rarer position of determining how to repatriate the recovered individuals amid the diplomatic stalemate between Tokyo and Pyongyang.
The North Korean vessel sank on Thursday morning off the coast 104 kilometers southwest of one of the Oki Islands called Nishinoshima. It was being towed by a larger cargo vessel.
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