The World - News from Oct. 21, 1985

A North Korean boat suspected of spying was sunk after a gun battle with a South Korean navy ship off the southeast port of Pusan, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said. It reported no South Korean casualties and said the ship sustained only minor damage. It did not say what happened to the North Korean crew. The North Korean vessel had ignored a challenge to stop and was sunk after a three-hour nighttime chase, South Korean officials said. They suspected an attempt to put armed agents ashore in the south. The clash came a day after the north returned 12 crew members from a South Korean fishing boat seized off the North Korean coast Oct. 6.