Eight missing after ship sinks between Japan, South Korea

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 25, 2023 12:58 pm

TOKYO: Japan and South Korea's coast guards were searching Wednesday for eight crew from a cargo ship that sank between the two countries, after 14 others were rescued.

'A total of 14 have been rescued,' a spokesman for the Japanese coast guard told Agence France-Presse.

This handout photo from the Korea Coast Guard taken and released on January 25, 2023 shows coast guard forces searching for missing people after a Hong Kong cargo ship sank off South Korea's southern island of Jeju. AFP PHOTO/ KOREA COAST GUARD

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