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The 'North Korea ghost boats' washing up on Japan
- veb 11y ago"It could simply be that they were just unlucky." Right... article started off interesting, and just became rather lame. Fine journalism.
- flubert 11y agoYes, surely they should have quoted it accurately: 'This is known as "bad luck.”'
- mwfunk 11y agoIf that's the most likely explanation, then you're right, it's not fine journalism- it's excellent journalism. It would be crappy journalism if they decided that Occam's Razor isn't entertaining enough and they had to float a bunch of theories to get more readers. The truth is that nobody knows the answer, and that the answer may or may not be entertaining.
- brwnll 11y ago"The Image Slide Show they Don't Want You to See, the Insiders secret to why Ghost Ships End up in Japan!"
- ekianjo 11y agoThe problem is that "unlucky" does not correlate very well with dozens of ships washing up with dead folks on Japan's shores. Plus, the examination of corpses should make it possible to find out if they died from starvation or something else. This is actually a weak way to end the article.
- jonah 11y agoWell, they are examining the corpses, but that may not be conclusive: "Japanese officials are investigating the causes of death but say some of the bodies are in such a bad state of decomposition that it may be impossible to identify cause of death."
- ekianjo 11y ago"some of the bodies", I'm pretty sure they will find at least one where they can identify what happened.
- azernik 11y agoHence the discussion of the recent developments in the North Korean economy that might have caused fishermen to take greater risks recently.
- veb 11y agoThanks ekianjo -- he explained the point I was trying to convey better. It seemed like a total crap way to end the article and/or a cop-out.
- partisan 11y agoIt's the beginning of a Blacklist episode called "the fisherman". I also was drawn in by the title but the ending made me very sad for those people. Reality is far harsher than any fiction.
- hasenj 11y agoCould it be they are actually refugees and many arrive alive but Japan announces everyone is dead to protect their families?
- BorisMelnik 11y agosmart thought. yes, definitely could be that in my opinion. Everyone wants to see people escape from North Korea, and no one wants to see innocent people get sent to a prison camp.
- vpribish 11y agowell, now you've gone and ruined it
- hasenj 11y agoIt's not like North Korea is not suspecting it ..