Four People Die in Fishing Boat-Freighter Clash

Four fishermen died and three went missing late Saturday after a Korean fishing boat sank after a collision with a foreign cargo ship near waters off Jeju Island. According to police, the 29-ton fishing boat, called "Daekyung," clashed with the a 3,800-ton freighter from Hong Kong around 10 p.m. on Saturday, which killed four of the nine crew on the small fishing boat.

Investigators were still searching for the missing people. Two, including the ship's captain Cho Chun-ho, were immediately rescued by the freighter’s crew. Rescue workers had to fight rough seas.