Monthly Archive: April, 2010

As my sense grows that the Cheonan Incident could be one of the most consequential events on the Korean Peninsula since the provocations of 1968, it has become the event that eats most of my human bandwidth, and I apologize if I’ve been delinquent in blogging other stories. Here are some updates for today: The Investigation The man heading South Korea’s investigation into the cause of the blast that sank the Cheonan answers one of my first questions about the...

Of course, it is premature for any government to assign blame for the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan before reviewing the detailed findings of a completed investigation. But for many South Koreans, the conclusion is already inescapable that North Korea did it. That’s my hunch, too. If I had to pick a favorite theory, it would involve North Korea’s semi-submersibles — they operate well in shallow waters, are hard to see on radar, can move quickly on the...

South Korea has raised the stern section of the Cheonan at last: As tearful families looked on, the South Korean military recovered the bodies of 23 crewmen from the stern of a sunken warship that salvagers raised Thursday from the floor of the Yellow Sea. Officially, five bodies have been identified and 39 are still considered missing until they’re identified, but it appears that only 21 bodies are still missing. At a time like this, all I really have to...