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DPRK Asks Concerning Parties to Cooperate in Rescuing Crewmen of Sunken Cargo Ship
Pyongyang, April 5 (KCNA) -- There occurred an accident that the Mongolia-flagged trading cargo ship Grand Fortune 1 with crew of the Kunhae Shipping Company under the Maritime Administration of the DPRK aboard sank in the waters off Jeju Island at dawn on Friday while sailing to Shanghai, China.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

Among 16 DPRK crewmen two were found dead and three were rescued with 11 others missing.

The DPRK hopes that the concerning parties will conduct rescue operations and help the survivors return to their families at an early date from the humanitarian point of view in accordance with the international usage.

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