Skorean Defense Min: Warship May Have Struck Mine (ap)

South Korean Defence Minister Kim Tae-young reacts as he speaks about the naval ship Cheonan, which sank off Baengnyeongdo, an island near the border with North Korea, during the National Defence Committee meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul March 29, 2010. The South Korean naval ship sank on Friday night near the disputed maritime border with the North and 46 sailors were reported missing. REUTERS/Park Ju-Seong/Newsis (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY DISASTER POLITICS HEADSHOT) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREAAP – A naval mine dispatched from North Korea may have struck the South Korean warship that exploded and sank near the Koreas’ disputed sea border, the defense minister told lawmakers Monday, laying out several scenarios for the maritime disaster.

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