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.
Drug crime is spreading among foreign nationals working along the southern coast of Korea, police say. Tongyeong Coast Guard apprehended some 15 Vietnamese nationals suspected of involvement in drug dealing and drug use.
The incursion of a North Korean sea patrol that crossed the inter-Korean maritime border in the Yellow Sea on Saturday in pursuit of a Chinese fishing vessel led to a minor collision between a South Korean Coast Guard patrol and the Chinese boat.
Illegal Chinese fishing boats caught by the Korean Coast Guard docked in Incheon on Wednesday. Korean authorities have caught several illegal Chinese fishing boats over the last several days, including a 30-ton vessel
Rescue efforts continued throughout Sunday after a Korean fishing boat, the Cheongbo, capsized in waters off the southwestern coast late Saturday evening, officials said.
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