The UN Security Council started discussion on Monday afternoon about the sinking of the South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan. The UNSC expects to hear South and North Korean views about the incident.
| It's a non-story. Of course they'll hear both sides. Then they'll do nothing. |
South Korea's investigation team led by Yoon Duk-yong, an honorary professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, will say that the North sank the warship in clear violation of the UN Charter and the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War in 1953 and show footage of the Navy salvaging a North Korean torpedo propulsion device discovered on the seabed near where the Cheonan sank.
Investigators will stress that all members of the international inquiry team from the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and Sweden agreed that chemical substances found in the propulsion shaft and the shipwreck were identical.
Earlier, the North asked Mexico, the current chair of the UNSC, for an opportunity to explain its position. According to a diplomatic source, the UNSC agreed to give the North a chance before it makes its decision. |