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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7100931" data-attributes="member: 92282">A South Korean navy ship with about 100 personnel on  board is sinking off the west coast near North Korea, possibly due to a  torpedo attack, reports say.<img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47192000/gif/_47192629_n_s_korea_nl_226.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The ship was sinking near  Baengnyeong island, Yonhap news agency quoted navy officials as saying. It  also said the South Korean ship had fired shots toward an unidentified  ship in the North. The incident has not been confirmed by government  officials. A rescue operation was said to be under way, amid  fears for the sailors. The South Korean government has convened an emergency meeting,  according to the officials. The ministry of defence has not  confirmed the reports of North Korean involvement. The Yellow Sea  border was the scene of deadly naval battles in 1999 and 2002 and of a  fire fight last November which left a North Korean patrol boat in flames  and one dead. The South Korean vessel alleged that the North  Korean vessel had crossed the disputed sea border - a charge North Korea  denied. BBCUPDATE:  A South Korean navy ship sank off the west coast near its maritime  border with North Korea, officials said Saturday, prompting President  Lee Myung-bak to convene a late-night meeting of security-related  ministers.      The 1,500-ton ship "Cheonan" went down around 9:45  p.m. near a South Korean island in the Yellow Sea, and 58 of the 104  crew members on board have been rescued so far, navy officials said. </blockquote>

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