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Monday, December 1, 2014

One dead, dozens missing after South Korean vessel sinks off Russian coast

MOSCOW/SEOUL (Reuters) - One person was killed and the fate of more than 50 others was unknown after a South Korean fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea off the coast of Russia's far eastern Chukotka region officials said on Monday. "When the fish were being hauled in, the vessel was hit by a wave," said Artur Rets, the head of the maritime rescue service in Russia's far eastern port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, adding the South Korean vessel Oriong-501 had sunk at 0530 GMT (0030 ET). He said rescuers had managed to pull eight people out of the water so far, including one who had died. ... Read More http://ift.tt/1vHXM7R

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