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DPRK Urges Japan to Sincerely Deal With Ship Bumping Accident
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Friday urged the Japanese government to deal with the ship bumping accident sincerely.
According to a report released by the official Korean Central News Agency, a Japanese tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas unexpectedly bumped against "Myonggwang-3," a ship of the Korean Myonggwang Trading Corporation, on a routine voyage at sea at 34 degrees 06 min. 57 sec. north latitude and 135 degrees 00 min. 27 sec. east longitude, some 3.7 miles west of Okinoshima, Wakayama prefecture of Japan, on July 14.
This strong collision caused the DPRK ship to sink to the seabed 60 m deep in three minutes and its captain went missing. Meanwhile, Japan's tanker was slightly damaged at its bow but no human loss was reported from it, said the news agency.
According to preliminary investigation by a relevant institution, this accident was caused by the Japanese tanker's careless forward observation, it said.
However, relevant organs of Japan stopped the search for the missing person in two days after the accident. But Japan's diplomatic authorities said in an irresponsible manner that the case is not the government's business, when the details of the accident and confirmation of the fate of attitude can convince nobody, the news agency charged.
The Japanese authorities concerned should confirm the fate of the missing captain of "Myonggwang-3" as soon as possible and inform his family of it, and take a sincere and responsible step for the settlement of the damage caused by the accident, in consideration of the relations between the two countries, it noted.
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