North Korean Vessel Sinks, Killing 90 Soldiers En Route to Border Project A North Korean transport vessel sank last month, killing 90 out of 130 personnel on board, according to South Korean intelligence agencies. TV Chosun reports that a large ship ferrying troops went down on a river. The personnel were en route to a fortification project along the border with Gangwon Province. The vessel was overloaded, according to intelligence sources. The vessel's name was not identified. The incident has caused unease within the North Korean military. Pyongyang's recent actions along the border, such as flying 1,000 bags of trash across the demilitarized zone using unmanned balloons, could be attempts to redirect attention to an external enemy. Park Won-gon, a professor of North Korean studies at Ewha University, told TV Chosun that North Korea often creates external tension to unite internally. No reports of the incident have been published by North Korea, and the account could not be c...