All posts tagged "search"

  • 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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  • A man breaks down after checking the list. (Yonhap)
    Gov’t announces end to search operations on sunken ferry

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The government on Tuesday announced an end to its near seven-months-long search for people still missing in April’s deadly ferry sinking off the country’s southwest coast. The 6,825-ton ferry Sewol sank in waters near...

    • Posted November 10, 2014
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