INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
officials said.Another boat nearby raised the alarm after reporting the 129-ton ship was going under at around 4:30 a.m
(1930 GMT on Thursday), prompting authorities to launch a rescue operation, said Chung Moo-won, a Jeju coast guard official.Of the 27 crew
aboard, 15 were rescued, including two South Korean nationals who later died after being hospitalised, Chung said
Twelve people were still missing, two of them from Indonesia.A total of 43 vessels including three navy ships, 13 aircraft and several
sailors told the Yonhap news agency that the boat capsized when they were hauling up fishing nets to transfer the catch to another
vessel.Chung said authorities would look into the exact cause of the accident by interviewing survivors.President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered all
Minister Han Duck-soo also called for the defence ministry to supply military flares and aircraft to support night operations.Source:
