Fishing Boat with 12 Onboard Missing Contact off Jeju Coast... Coast Guard Search Underway

A fishing vessel carrying 12 people has lost contact in the waters off Jeju, and the Coast Guard is conducting a search operation.

On the 25th, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing the Jeju Regional Coast Guard, that "at around 11:16 PM the previous day, the location signal of the 46-ton trap fishing vessel A, registered in Jindo, was lost approximately 110 km west of Chagwido, Jeju." Since then, vessel A has not responded despite multiple call attempts.

After receiving a notification from the Mokpo Vessel Safety Operation Office early that morning that vessel A's location signal was lost, the Coast Guard dispatched rescue forces including two 3,000-ton patrol ships and two aircraft to the scene. According to the crew system, vessel A is registered with 12 crew members (7 Koreans and 5 foreigners). The Coast Guard stated, "It is presumed that vessel A has sunk," and that a helicopter has arrived at the site and is currently conducting a search, with patrol ships expected to arrive soon.