South Korea’s navy says it has recovered the body of a sailor who went missing while on patrol near the de facto sea border with North Korea. The sailor disappeared on Sunday morning after failing to report for duty while his vessel was operating near the Northern Limit Line (NLL), which functions as the maritime boundary between the two Koreas. In response, South Korean authorities launch a search operation using a large number of assets, including 10 ships and aircraft. A patrol boat involved in the search later locates the missing sailor, and the navy recovers his body off South Korea’s east coast. The reports describe the incident as occurring close to the NLL and note that the search is conducted immediately after the sailor does not report for duty. Both accounts present the navy’s recovery of the body and the subsequent search as the main developments, without detailing the cause of death.