9 individuals are lacking after a fishing boat capsized off the southwest coast of South Korea because the nation’s president urges stepped-up search and rescue efforts.
The fishing boat overturned simply earlier than midnight on Saturday, with three crew members picked up by a passing ship, the coast guard stated.
Coast guard ships had been scouring the realm for 9 others on Sunday, with President Yoon Suk-yeol ordering different naval and civil sources to assist, his workplace stated in a press release.
In late January, no less than eight individuals had been reported lifeless after a cargo ship sank between South Korea and Japan, Chinese language officers stated.
