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Navy honors fallen sailors on 15th anniversary of ROKS Cheonan sinking

The South Korean Navy held a ceremony Wednesday to honor sailors killed during the 2010 sinking of the ROKS Cheonan by a North Korean attack in the Yellow Sea.

2025.3.26

Coast Guard rescue operators search the area around the point where a car ferry, the Seohae Line, capsized near the coast of Seosan in South Chungcheong late Monday. [SHIN JIN-HO]

Rescued worker says ferry capsized when heavy equipment shifted

A worker rescued from a capsized ferry off the coast of Seosan in South Chungcheong says the accident occurred after heavy equipment on deck lurched in uneven waters, with three still missing from the accident.

2024.12.31

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The Korea Coast Guard conducts a search and rescue mission in waters approximately 24 kilometers (15 miles) northwest of Biyang Island, under the jurisdiction of Jeju Island, on Friday morning. [KOREA COAST GUARD]

Fishing vessel sinks off Jeju, 2 dead and 12 missing

A fishing vessel with 27 people on board sank in waters off Jeju Island on Friday morning, leaving two dead and 12 missing.

2024.11.8

The Sewol Victim Support Act is passed by the National Assembly on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Yoon approves Sewol support but vetoes four other bills

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday approved a bill extending medical support for victims of the 2014 sinking of the Sewol ferry but also vetoed four other bills that his Cabinet had sent back to the National Assembly for reconsideration.

2024.5.29

Search and rescue teams from the Korea Coast Guard on Thursday look for survivors from a fishing boat that sunk 8.5 kilometers (5.28 miles) off the coast of Yokji-do, an island in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang. [YONHAP]

3 dead, 1 missing as fishing boat sinks by South Gyeongsang

A fishing boat sank off the southern coast of Korea on Thursday dawn, leaving 10 rescued and one missing.

2024.3.14

The Korea Coast Guard headquarters is pictured. [YONHAP]

Chinese cargo ship sinks off Gageo Island

The Korea Coast Guard received a report of a sinking ship in waters around Gageo Island in Sinan County, South Jeolla, that is assumed to be a Chinese cargo ship on Wednesday at 7:28 a.m.

2023.11.29

Emergency personnel transport crew members rescued from a capsized fishing boat to a hospital after they were brought ashore in Buan, South Jeolla, on Sunday morning. Four were later declared dead. [YONHAP]

Four dead, 14 injured as fishing boat capsizes off Korea's southwestern coast

Four people were killed and 14 others suffered minor injuries after their fishing boat capsized off the southwestern coast of Korea, Coast Guard officials said Sunday.

2023.10.22

Shame on the mouth of the Democratic Party

If the representative really feels the weight of his job as the spokesperson, he must have deep soul searching before it is too late.

2023.6.6

Search and rescue teams from the Navy and Coast Guard on Sunday look for survivors from the Cheongbo, a fishing boat that capsized 16.6 kilometers off the coast of Daebichi-do, an island in Sinan County, South Jeolla. [YONHAP]

Korean fishing boat capsizes, nine of 12 crew members missing

Rescue efforts continued throughout Sunday after a Korean fishing boat, the Cheongbo, capsized in waters off the southwestern coast late Saturday evening, officials said.

2023.2.5

Coast Guard officials stand on the overturned keel of a capsized fishing vessel approximately 16.6 kilometers west of Daebichi-do, an island off the coast of Mokpo, South Jeolla, in the early hours of Sunday. [YONHAP]

Fishing boat capsizes, 3 rescued, 9 still missing

President Yoon Suk Yeol issued the order at 12:47 a.m. on Sunday after news reached the presidential office that nine people were missing after their fishing vessel flipped over not far from an island near Mokpo, South Jeolla.