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Sun, 03/29/2009 - 06:33
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Four fishermen missing after their boat capsizes
TONGYEONG, South Korea, March 28 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean and two Chinese fishermen were missing Saturday after their boat capsized off South Korea's south coast, maritime police said.
The 29-ton boat was found overturned 68 kilometers from Yokji island off
Tongyeong, a port city on the south coast, at around 5 p.m., they said.
The accident was reported by another fishing boat passing by, the police said,
adding that the cause of the mishap was under investigation.
The overturned boat was en route from Pohang, a major industrial city on the
nation's southeast coast, to Jeju, an island province off the nation's south
coast, police said.
A helicopter and four patrol boats were searching for the missing fishermen,
they said.
The 29-ton boat was found overturned 68 kilometers from Yokji island off
Tongyeong, a port city on the south coast, at around 5 p.m., they said.
The accident was reported by another fishing boat passing by, the police said,
adding that the cause of the mishap was under investigation.
The overturned boat was en route from Pohang, a major industrial city on the
nation's southeast coast, to Jeju, an island province off the nation's south
coast, police said.
A helicopter and four patrol boats were searching for the missing fishermen,
they said.
