May 20, 2010
South Korea officially charged North Korea with sinking the South Korean navy patrol ship Cheonan in March, killing 46 crewmen, the Los Angeles Times reports.
A joint civilian-military multinational team said that parts of a torpedo found amid the ship's wreckage matched that of a North Korean-made weapon in Seoul's possession.
Pyongyang called the report a "fabrication" and said it would send its own team of investigators. North Korea also threatened a "holy war," noted the Korean Times.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has vowed to take "stern action," including severing economic aid to the North.
Lee also pledged to bolster naval forces and sensors along the disputed maritime border where the attack took place.
Paid Military Periscope subscribers can get more information on the Cheonan at:
http://www.militaryperiscope.com/cgi-bin/news/archive/shownews.pl?date=20100427&recordnum=8347
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