Three Koreans dead in car accident in Mongolia

SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Three South Koreans on a visit to Mongolia were killed
in a car accident, the foreign ministry said Friday.

A 54-year-old man, identified only by his surname Cho, and two other men in their
20s were found dead on Thursday, ministry officials said, citing local police
authorities. They were reportedly traveling in the same car near the country's
central town of Arvaikheer.
The three men, part of a 20-member tourist group who arrived in the country on
Wednesday, were reportedly traveling from the capital Ulan Bator to the province
of Govi-Altai. Others were believed to have traveled separately by air.
The South Korean embassy in Mongolia has dispatched an official to Arvaikheer and
has requested local authorities to carry out a thorough investigation of the
accident, officials said.
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