JEJU, South Korea, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — All eight crew members were rescued from a fishing boat that was capsizing off the coast of the southern island of Jeju on Tuesday, according to officials. According to authorities, a distress signal was received at 6:11 p.m. from the 29-ton fishing vessel approximately 563 kilometers southwest [...]
TONGYEONG, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A fishing boat carrying 11 people sank off the country’s south coast Thursday, leaving three dead and another missing, the Coast Guard said. Four South Korean and seven foreign crew members were aboard the 139-ton trawler when it sank in waters 4.6 nautical miles south of Yokji Island off [...]
INCHEON, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Rescue workers were to resume their search Monday for two people missing in the deadly capsizing of a fishing boat off the west coast of Incheon a day earlier that claimed the lives of 13 people. The accident happened Sunday morning when the 9.77 ton recreational fishing vessel Seonchang-1, [...]
YEONGAM/HAENAM, Dec.23 (Korea Bizwire) – Winter birds such as the spectacled teal used to visit Yeongam Lake every year. Even last week, between 300,000 and 400,000 birds were spotted at the lake. However, the birds are now leaving the lake in large numbers. According to municipal officials from Yeongam-gun and Haenam-gun, which surround Yeongam Lake, [...]