Two Koreans drown at Hawaiian beach

Keawakapu Beach on Maui, Hawaii.

By Park Si-soo

Two Koreans, a man and a woman, have drowned at a beach on Maui, Hawaii.

According to Hawaii News Now, the two were found floating face down off Keawakapu Beach at about 4:50 p.m. last Thursday

Bystanders performed CPR, but the man, 40, was pronounced dead at the scene. The other, a woman, 37, was taken to Maui Memorial Hospital in critical condition and died there.

Further details are unknown.

South Korea's foreign minsitry confirmed their death on Sunday.

"The consulate general in Honolulu has learned of the case after it was notified on Friday by the police that the two were South Korean nationals," a ministry official said. "Upon the notification, we sent our staff to Maui and at the same time informed their next of kin in South Korea (of what happened)."