28 North Korean 'ghost ships' found near Japan in November

日에 표류 北 선박 한 달 새 28건

There has been a number of cases of Japanese coast guard finding fishing boats believed to be from North Korea.
On Monday, three bodies were found in the country's waters.
They're possibly from an empty boat found a couple of days earlier.
For details on the latest discovery, we turn to our Won Jung-hwan.
The Japanese coast guard said on Monday a Japanese fishing boat picked up a male body floating off the coast of Sakata in Yamagata Prefecture,... and two more bodies at nearby beach an hour and half later. The bodies were heavily decomposed, but one had a lapel pin thought to be North Korean.

More gruesome discoveries were found during November, including eight bodies in a fishing vessel that was washed ashore in northern Japan. Several of the bodies were "skeletonized," indicating a long period had passed before the vessel washed ashore.

The Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday that November was the month with the most cases of so-called 'ghost boats' found near the Japanese coast. Twenty-eight such vessels were found in November, breaking the previous record of twenty-one cases in January 2014.
There have been roughly 60 cases a year since 2013, but a lot of cases were found in the last months of the year as waters between Japan and the Korean Peninsula are known to be rich fishing grounds during winter.

(KOREAN)

"In the winter season, due to its cold water, pollack and many other expensive fish are found in the waters of the East Sea. So North Korean fishermen are most active during this season to fish illegally in the area."

But as North Korean fishing activity increases, the number of ships drifting toward the Japanese coast increases as well.

(KOREAN)

"In order to increase the catches, each boat has many fishermen aboard, often exceeding the ship's capacity. So food becomes scarce and sometimes they even run out of gas. When that happens, ships drift away to Japan as winds and currents push the ships toward Japan's northern coast."

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Can we mention the "ghost ships" that keep washing up on Japanese shores? And NK's recent upgrades to its biotech sector? Could these ships be acting as a bioweapon vector? Is NK the real-life analog of the Umbrella Corporation?