Overview

• SEAL Team 6 operators were sent from a nuclear submarine using two mini‑submersibles to reach North Korea’s coast near Yonghung Bay to install an electronic listening device.
• The team encountered a North Korean boat during the night approach, opened fire, and withdrew without placing the device after killing those on board, described in reporting as likely civilian shellfish gatherers.
• The New York Times reports an allegation that bodies were stabbed to sink them, a claim presented with limited corroboration in the coverage.
• Key members of Congress were not notified before or after the mission, according to the reporting, raising legal and oversight questions about the operation’s classification.
• U.S. sources declined comment, and satellite imagery reportedly showed increased North Korean military activity in the area in the days after the raid without any public acknowledgment by Pyongyang.