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Despite North Korea's position, the Coast Guard and Navy are expanding their scale and continuing their search as planned. It has been confirmed that the Mugunghwa 10, where the missing official was aboard, was not equipped with a voyage record storage device.
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39 ships and 6 aircraft were mobilized to search for Lee Mo, a public official who disappeared after being hit by North Korea.
This is a larger scale than yesterday (26th).
The Coast Guard and Navy are continuing their search operations by dividing them into eight areas from the west of Yeonpyeong Island to the south of Socheong Island.
[Marine Police Officer: It is hard to get caught by radar. You can’t see it well if you’re not big in the sea. If it's not floating (in water), it's too difficult... .]
Regarding North Korea's warning to stop the invasion of territorial waters, a maritime official said, "We will continue the search operation as planned."
He also emphasized that the search did not cross the northern limit line.
The Coast Guard said yesterday that it would analyze the Mugunghwa 10 voyage record storage device on which the missing official was aboard to check if there are audio records, but it has confirmed that it has not been installed on the ship.
While the PC analysis work on the ship of Mugunghwa 13, Lee's previous work site, is ongoing, the military authorities plan to decide tomorrow whether to provide data on the North Korean defection to the sea police.