Seven S. Korean crew missing after cargo ship collision

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INCHEON, March 10 (Yonhap) -- Seven South Korean sailors went missing Tuesday
after their cargo ship collided with a larger freighter and sank off the coast of
Japan, South Korea's Coast Guard said.

The sailors as well as nine Indonesian crew aboard the 4,255-ton ship went
missing after the ship collided with a Panamanian-registered automobile carrier
at around 2:15 a.m. approximately seven miles east of Izu Oshima island,
according to officials.
The 10,833-ton Panamanian ship was also sinking but all of the 11 sailors on
board were rescued by Japanese coast guard authorities, they said.
The South Korean-registered ship, named the "Orchid Pia," was carrying some 5,050
tons of steel coil from Japan to the southern South Korean port of Yeosu.
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