Two dead, 12 missing after fishing boat sinks off South Korea

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol orders each disposable resources and unit to assistance pinch hunt for survivors.

At slightest 2 group are dormant and 12 others missing aft a sportfishing vessel capsized disconnected nan seashore of South Korea, coastguard officials person said.

The 120-tonne Geumseong sank astir 24 kilometres (15 miles) disconnected nan edifice land of Jeju aft leaving nan larboard of Seogwipo to drawback mackerel precocious connected Thursday, nan Korea Coast Guard said connected Friday.

The unit connected committee included 16 South Koreans and 11 foreigners, 2 of whom are unaccounted for, officials said.

Coastguard officials said they received a distress awesome astatine astir 4:30am connected Friday from a adjacent sportfishing alloy that went to nan segment to thief rescue their crew.

Crew members told nan coastguard that nan vessel abruptly capsized and began to descend while they were transferring their drawback to different ship, according to officials.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered each disposable resources and unit to beryllium mobilised to assistance pinch nan rescue, his agency said.

At slightest 11 vessels and 9 craft from South Korea’s coastguard, police, occurrence work and military, and 13 civilian vessels, person been deployed to hunt for survivors.

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