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Stars and Stripes Published: April 19, 2010 SEOUL — Two U.S. ships have left the site where a South Korean patrol ship exploded and sank last month as efforts to recover pieces of the ship wind down. The Hawaii-based USNS Salvor remains in the Yellow Sea to assist in the search for debris from the Cheonan. A 16-member U.S. salvage-and-rescue team and a six-person u..

By John M. Glionna Los Angeles Times Published: April 18, 2010 SEOUL, South Korea — After weeks of silence, North Korea on Saturday denied any involvement in the mysterious sinking of a South Korean naval patrol boat. The North's state-run media criticized suggestions made by officials in Seoul that a North Korean torpedo struck the 1,200-ton Cheonan on March 26 as..

By Ashley Rowland and Hwang Hae-rym Stars and Stripes Published: April 17, 2010 SEOUL — A massive crane lifted part of a South Korean patrol ship containing the bodies of 31 sailors out of the Yellow Sea on Thursday, nearly three weeks after the ship exploded and sank near the maritime border between North Korea and South Korea. The 1,200-ton Cheonan ripped in half..

By Ashley Rowland and Hwang Hae-rym Stars and Stripes Published: April 16, 2010 RELATED STORY: North Korea has brazen record of attacking South SEOUL — An investigator said Friday that an external explosion likely sank a South Korean patrol ship last month, heightening fears that the blast that ripped the 1,200-ton Cheonan in half was deliberately caused by North K..

By Ashley Rowland and Hwang Hae-rym Stars and Stripes Published: April 10, 2010 SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Navy dive teams have begun searching for debris from the wreckage of a South Korean patrol ship that sank last month. The 1,200-ton Cheonan sank near the maritime border with North Korea on March 26 after an explosion tore the ship in two. The divers were looki..

By Ashley Rowland and Hwang Hae-rym Stars and Stripes Published: April 4, 2010 SEOUL — Despite strong currents, South Korea resumed rescue operations Friday for the 46 sailors missing after their ship sank a week earlier, according to South Korean defense officials. The oxygen supply inside the Cheonan was expected to last 69 hours, meaning air would have run out o..

By Ashley Rowland Stars and Stripes Published: April 3, 2010 ABOARD THE USNS SALVOR, Yellow Sea — Clear skies and a billowing sea Saturday were not telling of what was beneath the surface: brutally strong currents, frigid temperatures, and water so murky that divers would barely be able see in front of them if they had to go in. Those conditions, U.S. Navy divers a..

By Ashley Rowland and Hwang Hae-rym Stars and Stripes Published: April 2, 2010 SEOUL — Rough seas Wednesday forced South Korea to suspend its search for 46 crewmembers missing after one of its patrol ships exploded near the North Korean border, and conditions are expected to remain the same through Thursday, officials said. A U.S. Navy underwater explosive ordnance..

By Ashley Rowland and Hwang Hae-rym Stars and Stripes Published: April 1, 2010 SEOUL — A South Korean diver lost consciousness underwater and died Tuesday while looking for survivors of a South Korean navy ship that sank Friday, according to the Ministry of National Defense. A second diver also lost consciousness during the operation and is being treated, a spokesm..