Three Scuba Divers Missing Off Seogwipo, Jeju... Coast Guard Searching

[Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Jeongpil] Three scuba divers went missing off the coast of Seogwipo, Jeju Island, prompting the Coast Guard to launch a search operation.

According to the Seogwipo Coast Guard Station on the 22nd, a report was received at 1:14 PM that three scuba divers had gone missing near Beomseom Island off Seogwipo.

Captain A of a fishing boat reported to the Coast Guard that the scuba divers began their dive around 12 PM near 300 meters north of Beomseom Island, Seogwipo, but did not resurface.

The Coast Guard is conducting a search using patrol vessels and helicopters.