Authorities at Kangnung, 100 miles east of Seoul, will break ground Thursday; when the museum is completed in 1999, its lighted displays will doubtless tell the home-country version of the incident: that the 1,200-ton vessel was on a spy mission. All but two of its 26-man crew were hunted down or found dead by South Korean security forces. At least the museum should be popular with North Korean defectors on holiday.
South Korea Turns Spy Sub to Plowshare
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SEOUL: From act of war to tourist attraction: 18 months after a North Korean submarine ran aground on South Korean shores and sent both nations to the diplomatic brink, Seoul will turn the stranded sub into a $5.7 million "national security education center" -- in other words, a museum.