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One dead and six missing after vessel sinks off South Korea
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One dead and six missing after vessel sinks off South Korea

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • One crew member died and six remain missing after a tugboat capsized and sank off Busan, South Korea.
  • The vessel had departed Busan to tow a merchant ship with six South Korean and two Indonesian crew members aboard.
  • The Coast Guard and Navy deployed ships, aircraft and rescue teams, while President Lee Jae Myung ordered authorities to use all available resources.

A tugboat capsized off the southeastern South Korean port city of Busan, leaving one person dead and six missing, according to the country’s Coast Guard.

The vessel had left Busan to tow a merchant ship. Six South Korean crew members and two Indonesians were aboard. It overturned at 1:29 p.m. local time and sank completely about two hours later.

A commercial vessel rescued one crew member. The Coast Guard recovered another who was unconscious and took that person to hospital, but the crew member later died.

The Coast Guard sent 13 vessels to search for the missing people. The Navy added a salvage and rescue ship, several vessels and aircraft. Strong winds and waves reaching 1.5 metres complicated the operation.

President Lee Jae Myung instructed the relevant authorities to mobilize all available resources for the search and rescue effort.

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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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