TOKYO, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Nearly a dozen fishing boats, some with bodies aboard, have been drifting into Japanese waters, raising speculations of migrations from nearby North Korea.
In the past two months, the Japanese coast guard has discovered 11 wooden boats, most in poor shape, either drifting off the coast or beached on land facing North Korea across the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea. Some of the boat had fishing gear. At least 25 bodies have been found aboard the vessels. The most recent boat found had three mostly-decomposed bodies.