The Cheonan sinking

Witness History

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🗓️ 26 March 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

On March 26th 2010 a South Korean naval ship, the Cheonan, sank after an explosion on board. 48 sailors were killed in an alleged torpedo attack carried out by North Korea. The North Korean authorities have always denied any involvement. Bugyeong Jung has been speaking to a survivor of the attack about what happened that night.

Photo: A giant floating crane lifts the stern of the South Korean warship to place it on a barge on April 15, 2010. The 1,200-tonne patrol combat corvette PCC-772 Cheonan was split in two by a big external explosion on March 26 2010, near a disputed Yellow Sea border. Credit: HONG JIN-HWAN/AFP via Getty Images

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0:32.1	watch night after night the flicking through the endless
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0:48.2	Lovely.
0:49.0	Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:51.2	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
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1:10.4	Jong. On March 26, 2010, a South Korean Navy ship, the Chanan, sank after an explosion
1:19.2	leaving 48 sailors dead.
1:21.8	The 1200-ton war ship armed with missiles and a crew of more than 100 was attacked by a torpedo which was allegedly fired by a North Korean submarine.
1:32.0	I've spoken to Juyonandung, one of the survivors of the incident.
1:36.0	Back then, he was a 19-year-old Patty officer in the Korean Navy. I was listening to some music lying on the top of a tiny triple bunk bed.
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