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Despite North Korea's warning yesterday (27th), the South Korean military and the Coast Guard are expanding their scale and continuing their search.

In the absence of any achievements, the Coast Guard decided to hand over the navigation equipment of the accident ship and the broken CCTV inside the ship to the National Institute of Scientific Investigation.



This is Park Jae-hyun.



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yesterday's search by the Navy and the Coast Guard, 39 ships including 29 ships and 6 aircraft were mobilized.

It is a larger scale than yesterday.



From the west of Yeonpyeong Island to the south of Socheong Island, the search was conducted by dividing about 74 km in width and 18.5 km in length into 8 areas.



This is a place where it was determined that there is a possibility that missing persons and oil products could be found by analyzing the currents.



Search equipment has also been increased, but there are no results yet.



[Choi Jin-mo/National Police Agency Rescue Response Chief: (compared to yesterday) additional search forces have been added and search areas have been set up extensively.] The



fishing guidance ship Mugunghwa 10, which was aboard a civil servant Lee Mo, killed by the North Korean military, was yesterday at noon. I arrived at Mokpo Port, Jeollanam-do.



It has been six days since the disappearance on the 21st.



The coast guard is investigating Lee's behavior at the time of his disappearance based on statements from colleagues who boarded Mugunghwa 10 with Lee.



In addition, in order to confirm the exact timing and location of disappearance, we decided to request digital forensics by handing over navigation equipment such as Mugunghwa No. 10 satellite navigation system and a broken CCTV on board to the National Institute of Science and Investigation today.



The Coast Guard said it had checked the records of Lee's cell phone calls this month, but found no clear signs of North Korea.



It is known that the military authorities have made a position to provide Lee's'weather information on the North Korean situation' requested by the Coast Guard and are discussing the scope, method, and timing of the provision.