Tugboat carrying 10 capsizes off Busan, President Lee orders all available resources deployed
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- A tugboat carrying about 10 crew members capsized off Oryukdo near Busan at around 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 2.
- The Korea Coast Guard sent personnel and equipment to begin rescue operations.
- President Lee Jae-myung ordered the government to mobilize all available resources for the rescue and response.
A tugboat carrying about 10 crew members capsized off Oryukdo near Busan, prompting President Lee Jae-myung to order an all-out rescue effort.
Lee instructed officials to mobilize every available resource to save lives and manage the accident, presidential chief spokesperson Kang Yoo-jung said in a notice.
The vessel overturned at about 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 2, according to the Korea Coast Guard and other authorities. The coast guard dispatched personnel and equipment to the scene and began rescue operations.
Mobilize all available resources.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. 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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