after their submarine landed in the neighbouring state. The men were possibly killed by one of their number who also used the gun on himself, a South Korean defence ministry spokesman said. A twelfth was captured after a massive search while another eight or nine were still at large, the spokesman said. Seoul described the North Koreans as infiltrators, and said the incident was a breach of an armistice agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War. Richard Lloyd Parry - Tokyo
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