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Nine people missing after boat crash off South Korea
Rescued crew members are carried on stretchers by rescue workers as they arrive at a port in Mokpo, South Korae. photo
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A fishing boat capsized off the coast of South Korea on Sunday night. Three men can be saved, nine are still missing.
After a boat accident off the coast of South Korea, search and rescue workers searched the sea for nine missing occupants. According to the Coast Guard, three of the original twelve men on the 24-ton fishing boat were rescued by Sunday evening (local time). Your boat capsized on Saturday night for reasons that are still unclear, not far from an uninhabited island off the southwest coast.
Pictures showed the boat keel up in the sea. President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered the authorities to use all available means to search for the missing fishermen. According to reports from South Korean broadcasters, more than 30 ships and 8 planes took part in the operation.