Hundreds of Chinese boats drop anchor near Ulleung Island in South Korean waters. (September, 2016) OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH KOREA — The battered wooden “ghost boats” drift through the Sea of Japan for months, their only cargo the corpses of starved North Korean fishermen whose bodies have been reduced to skeletons. In 2019, […]
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Des centaines de bateaux chinois jettent l’ancre près de l’île d’Ulleung dans les eaux sud-coréennes. (Septembre 2016) Le désordre règne sur le pont en bois, qui pue le poisson pourri et glisse comme une patinoire. Les quartiers de l’équipage sont dans un sale état, et le moteur du bateau frôle la rupture. Le capitaine
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Taiwanese Ping Shin 101 on which occurred the murders at sea described in this gut wretching article by investigative reporter Ian Urbina*. Photo Credit: Fish-I Africa The men are helpless in the open water, clinging to floating debris, tossed by the rolling ocean waves. Several large fishing ships circle. None of the victims have life jackets, but no one makes
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