North Korea Fired Torpedo 46 Killed and Sank Cheohan

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SEOUL, South Korea accused North Korea on Thursday of firing a torpedo that sank a naval warship in March, killing 46 sailors in the country’s worst military disaster since the Korean War. By Bomi Lim May 20 North Korea was behind the torpedo attack that sank one of South Korea’s warships in March, a multinational panel said, a finding that puts pressure on China to support international sanctions against its political ally.

The 1,200-ton Cheonan was split apart by an “external underwater explosion caused by a torpedo made in North Korea,” said the 25-member team, which included experts from the U.S., U.K., Sweden and Australia.

Investigators said evidence overwhelmingly proves North Korea fired a homing torpedo that caused a massive underwater blast that tore the Cheonan into two on March 26. Fifty-eight sailors were rescued from the frigid Yellow Sea waters near the Koreas' maritime border, but 46 perished.