First crossing
NZPA-Reuter \ Tokyo A 28-year-old South Korean has become the first person to cross the 70km Korea Strait on a sailequipped surfboard, braving possible shark attacks to'
make bis eight-hour, 20minute journey. Nkwon Hui Bom, an employee of a marina leisuresporting goods store in Seoul, reached Saozaki on Tsushima Island, south-west of Tokyo,
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Press, 20 October 1980, Page 36
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