A 29-ton offshore longline fishing boat capsized about 65 kilometers northwest of Chagwido Island off Jeju Special Self-Governing Province on the 5th, prompting a coast guard search for two missing crew members. According to the Jeju Regional Coast Guard, nine of the 11 people aboard were rescued, while the South Korean captain and an Indonesian crew member remain missing. The nine rescued crew members were reported to be in good health. Photo courtesy of the Jeju Regional Coast Guard
Original reporting by Lim Jong-hyun for Seoul Economic Daily.
AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.
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