By ANTARA News,
Seoul : A South Korean vessel and a North Korean fishing boat collided off the Korean peninsula`s east coast early on Tuesday, leaving two North Koreans missing, a South Korean military official said.
The South Korean vessel was carrying sand from the North when it collided with the fishing boat at around 2 a.m. (1700 GMT) near a North Korean port, the official with the South`s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
South Korea has been dredging off North Korea`s coast for several years with the cooperation of the communist state.
An earlier report from the South`s Yonhap news agency said the accident took place on the west coast and some North Korean fishermen were killed.No further details were available.
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