All posts tagged "boat"

  • Guarded by South Korean naval ships, fishing boats operate. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea’s navy fires at Chinese ship in Yellow Sea

    By Brian Han The Yellow Sea generates a lot of tension among the countries it borders. So it shouldn’t come as a big surprise when the South Korean Navy fired warning shots on Tuesday at an unauthorized...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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    10 feared dead after boat collision near S. Korean island

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ten people were feared dead after a Chinese fishing boat sank in international waters near the South Korean resort island of Jeju, officials said Friday. Three survivors rescued by crew members of...

    • Posted January 23, 2015
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  • Rear Adm. Dan Abel, commander of the U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska, speaks with reporters on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska, about the agency response to a South Korean fishing vessel that sank in the western Bering Sea. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
    S. Korea to take over search after fishing disaster

    JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — South Korean officials are expected to take over on-scene control of search efforts following the deadly sinking of a fishing vessel in the western Bering Sea last month. The U.S. Coast Guard has...

    • Posted December 11, 2014
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    S. Korean fishing boat sinks in waters off Russia, dozens missing

    SEJONG (Yonhap) — A South Korean fishing boat sank Monday in the western Bering Sea, leaving at least one of its crew members dead and the fate of more than 50 others unknown, the South Korean government...

    • Posted December 1, 2014
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