SourceBBC wrote:
A South Korean navy ship with about 100 personnel on board is sinking off the west coast near North Korea, possibly due to a torpedo attack, reports say.
The ship was sinking near Baengnyeong island, Yonhap news agency quoted navy officials as saying.
It also said another South Korean ship had fired shots toward an unidentified ship in the North. The involvement of North Korea has not been confirmed.
A rescue operation is under way, and more than 50 sailors have been rescued.
Six naval ships and two coastguard vessels were involved in the rescue operation.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who has convened an emergency meeting of security officials, had ordered the military to focus on rescuing the sailors, it added.
The police force was put on heightened alert in the capital, Seoul.
The 1,200-tonne ship began sinking about 2130 local time (1230 GMT), after an explosion, Yonhap said.
Oh snap. Civil war in 5...4...3...2...1
America claiming there's 'oil' in Korea, you heard it here first.
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