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Lost Diver Rescued After 20 Hours at Sea

SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan Coast Guard reported that a man who went scuba diving off the coast of Busan was rescued after being lost at sea for 20 hours. He was carried by a strong tide 66 kilometers to the northeast. When found, the man was desperately holding on to a buoy. [...]

Koreans React to Second Diver’s Death in Sewol Search Mission

JINDO & SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A civilian diver died today (May 30) in the operation to retrieve still missing bodies — 16 of them as of today — from the Sewol ferry which sank on April 16. The diver surnamed Lee was reportedly cutting open parts of the ship exterior under the [...]