‘Ghost ships’ off Japan likely from North Korea

By World Tribune on December 14, 2015   BB NE Asia, Exclusives, Japan, NE Asia, North Korea, Top Stories, World Links  

Special to WorldTribune.com More than a dozen primitive wooden “ghost ships” found drifting in Japanese waters are probably North Korean fishing vessels, officials said. The Japanese coast guard found four badly decomposed bodies on a vessel discovered on Dec. 6. The coast guard said a total of 25 bodies have been found on the ghost […]