2 Vietnamese fishermen missing off S.Korean coast after shipwreck
Tuesday, February 07, 2023, 11:54 GMT+7
The South Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that a fishing boat capsized off the coast of Sinan County in Jeonnam Province, leaving nine out of its 12 crew members missing, including two Vietnamese citizens, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in South Korea.
The South Korean side discovered four bodies whose nationalities were unidentified on Monday, two days after the incident happened.
The search is still ongoing.
The Vietnamese Embassy in South Korea contacted the families of the two missing Vietnamese citizens to inform them of the situation.
The embassy is actively working with competent South Korean agencies to promptly conduct necessary citizen protection measures.
Local authorities are currently providing assistance to the missing fishermen’s families.
Earlier, Yonhap news agency reported that the shipwreck occurred at 11:19 pm on Saturday.
Authorities said the 24-metric-ton fishing boat capsized off the southwestern coast of South Korea, 16.6km from the uninhabited island of Daebichi that lies some 20km from the southwestern county of Sinan.
The sinking left nine of the 12 people, including three foreign nationals, on board the ship missing, while the other three were rescued by another boat at the scene.
The cause of the accident has not been announced.
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