Sinking Jeju fishing boat...Two dead, 12 missing.

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A search operation is taking place after a fishing boat sank in the sea near Jeju Island.

Fifteen of the 27 crew members were rescued, two of whom died.

The remaining 12 people are missing and the Coast Guard is searching.Reporter

classic! Please tell me the details.

[Reporter]
Yes, around 4:30 a.m. today (8th), the Coast Guard received a report that a fishing boat was sinking about 24 kilometers northwest of Biyangdo Island in Jeju Island.The ship in the

accident was a 129-ton Busan-registered Venus ship with a total of 27 people on board.Shortly after the

accident, the same fishing boat nearby rescued 15 people.

Among them, 57-year-old A and 54-year-old B were taken to the hospital unconscious, but eventually died.

The other 12 are still missing.

Of the 27 crew members on board, 16 were Koreans, and the remaining 11 were identified as Indonesians.The

accident fishing boat is known to have sunk after transferring the catch to the main line of the fleet.

At the time, there were two people in the cabin and the other 25 were on deck to move the catch, but they were reportedly not wearing life vests.The fishing boat in the accident

departed from Seogwipo Port around noon yesterday.

The Korea Coast Guard launched the Central Rescue Headquarters to search and rescue the scene.

Two divers from the Coast Guard are conducting an underwater search to find the missing person on board from around noon.

The head of the Jeju Provincial Coast Guard is also in charge of the search operation on the spot in a mobile boat.

The Jeju Coast Guard has deployed 18 ships and five aircraft to search.The Navy of

also deployed four ships and two aircraft to the scene, and police, fire aircraft, and eight civilian fishing boats are also participating in the search.

The Jeju-do Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters is in operation, searching for missing people and supporting their families.

President Yoon Suk Yeol issued an emergency order from the Korea Coast Guard to make every effort to search and rescue lives by mobilizing all available resources and to pay attention to the safety of rescuers.

So far, I'm Ko Jae-hyung of YTN at the Jeju Regional Maritime Police Agency.