The Japan Coast Guard rescued three North Korean seafarers after South Korea organized a search and requested search and rescue cooperation from Japan and Russia.
The South Korean Navy recovered the body of a seaman who went missing from a patrol vessel about 52 km east of the coast near the maritime border with North Korea.
South Korea plans to launch its first domestically built nuclear-powered submarine by the mid-2030s under the Jangbogo N Project.
Reports citing Spain’s La Verdad say investigators suspect Ursa Major carried undeclared VM-4SG reactor hulls allegedly bound for North Korea before it sank off Cartagena in December 2024.
North Korea has released new images of an 8,700-ton-class nuclear-powered submarine as Kim Jong Un inspects the nearly complete hull, denounces South Korea’s rival programme and adds to regional security concerns.
