North Korean boat with 7 bodies washes ashore on Japanese island

[TomSea]

I think they call these "ghost ships (or boats)", they seem to show up periodically.

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North Korean boat with 7 bodies washes ashore on Japanese island

A section of a wooden boat from North Korea washed ashore on the Japanese island of Sado on early Saturday morning, according to local officials. The decomposing remains of at least seven people were found on board.

Officers boarded the vessel, which was heavily damaged, at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday after it was first spotted on Friday afternoon. When they entered the stem of the boat’s bow, they found 5 bodies and 2 human heads, according to the Japanese Coast Guard.

Japanese broadcaster NHK said the human remains were “partially skeletonized,” which suggests the victims had been dead for a while. It’s believed that the stem, which has Korean characters and numbers painted in red on its side, was part of a larger ship.

More: https://bnonews.com/index.php/2019/12/north-korean-boat-with-7-bodies-washes-up-on-japanese-shore/

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‘Ghost boat’ with decapitated heads, corpses washes up in Japan
By Sara Dorn
December 28, 2019 | 4:53pm
New York Post

A “ghost boat” was discovered in Japan carrying five corpses and two human heads, according to a report. The damaged boat, which was painted with Korean lettering, was beached Friday on Sado Island, where authorities unearthed the “partially skeletonized” remains, the BBC reported.   ...

Previous reports have speculated that the boats could belong to North Korean spies.