A Mongolian-flagged cargo ship sank off the coast of South Korea's southern city of Yeosu on Friday, killing two of 16 North Korean crew members on board, the Coast Guard said.
The 4,300-ton ship carrying steel products ran aground at around 1:19 a.m. some 63 kilometers off the coast of Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, after sending a rescue signal, according to officers. It was en route to China from the North Korean city of Cheongjin, they said.
Of the 16 crew members aboard the ship, two were found dead and three were rescued and rushed to a hospital in the southern island of Jeju, the officers said, adding that operations were under way to find the missing sailors in cooperation with Japanese authorities.
The cause of the accident was yet to be identified, though the survivors told the officers that the boat began to leak suddenly and listed to the right side.
The ship is believed to be the Grand Fortune 1 of Mongolia, the Coast Guard said. (Yonhap)
The 4,300-ton ship carrying steel products ran aground at around 1:19 a.m. some 63 kilometers off the coast of Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, after sending a rescue signal, according to officers. It was en route to China from the North Korean city of Cheongjin, they said.
Of the 16 crew members aboard the ship, two were found dead and three were rescued and rushed to a hospital in the southern island of Jeju, the officers said, adding that operations were under way to find the missing sailors in cooperation with Japanese authorities.
The cause of the accident was yet to be identified, though the survivors told the officers that the boat began to leak suddenly and listed to the right side.
The ship is believed to be the Grand Fortune 1 of Mongolia, the Coast Guard said. (Yonhap)
