Body of missing sailor recovered from East Sea: Navy

The Navy said Monday it has recovered the body of a sailor who went missing while aboard a naval vessel on a patrol mission in the East Sea the previous day.

The sailor, whose identity was withheld, was reported missing Sunday morning as the vessel was on patrol about 50 kilometers off Geojin in Gangwon Province, near the Northern Limit Line, the de facto inter-Korean maritime border, according to the armed service.

A patrol boat searching the area spotted the body in waters 52 km off Geojin's e ...