N. Korean fishermen rescued after boat collision in Japan's EEZ

TOKYO - As many as 60 North Korean crew members were rescued Monday after their fishing boat collided with a Japanese patrol vessel that warned it to get out of Japan's exclusive economic zone, coast guard officials said.The collision occurred at around 9:10 a.m., some 350 kilometers northwest of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture and the North Korean ship sank about 20 minutes later, according to the Fisheries Agency and the Japan Coast Guard.The 9th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, which patrols the area rich with fish, said it was told by the crew of the North Korean boat that …READ FULL ARTICLE