[post_page_title]A human tragedy[/post_page_title]
The two biggest motivating factors in the proliferation of ghost ships seem to be hunger and desperation intermixed.
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Those two driving forces push North Korean fishermen into the choppy seas between Japan and the Korean Peninsula, where they often lose their lives. “The winter ocean in (the region) is very rough, and the tougher winter brings more shipwrecks,” a Japanese Coast Guard official explained. The North Korean regime is cracking down on its citizens, who grow more desperate to find livelihood.