The nighttime search operation to find 12 missing crew members from a fishing boat that sank the previous day continued for a second day Saturday, the coast guard said.
A 35-ton fishing vessel capsized off the coast near Gunsan, a southwestern port city in North Jeolla, resulting in the deaths of three people onboard, the Korea Coast Guard said Monday.
Two Chinese sailors were booked on charges of crashing into a fishing boat and fleeing without offering assistance in waters off Korea's southwestern coast, leaving two sailors missing and its captain dead, the Coast Guard said Friday.
A fishing vessel capsized near Gageo Island in South Jeolla, on Thursday, leaving the Korean captain dead and two others missing.
The Korea Coast Guard seized five Chinese vessels and arrested a Chinese captain for illegally fishing in Korean waters amid a government crackdown on such activities.
The Korea Coast Guard said they are continuing to search for the remaining missing crew member, an Indonesian man in his 20s.
A fishing boat sank off the southern coast of Korea on Thursday dawn, leaving 10 rescued and one missing.
Elementary school teachers participate in a survival swim lesson at the Korea Coast Guard’s training pool in Busan on Thursday.
The Korea Coast Guard received a report of a sinking ship in waters around Gageo Island in Sinan County, South Jeolla, that is assumed to be a Chinese cargo ship on Wednesday at 7:28 a.m.
Four people were killed and 14 others suffered minor injuries after their fishing boat capsized off the southwestern coast of Korea, Coast Guard officials said Sunday.
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