
Jeju Governor Wi Sang-gon ordered all available resources to be mobilized to find missing people in relation to the fishing boat capsize accident that occurred off Chagwi Island, Jeju Island on the 5th, and also emphasized health management of rescued sailors and support for the families of missing people.
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An accident occurred in the waters off Chagwi Island, Jeju Island, where a 29-ton fishing boat shipped from Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam-do with 11 crew members on board capsized, with 9 people rescued and 2 missing.
Regarding the fishing boat capsize accident that occurred off Chagwi Island, Jeju Island on the 5th, Jeju Governor Wi Sung-gon ordered, "Please mobilize all available resources and do your best to find the missing people."
At 11 a.m. on this day, Governor Above visited the Jeju City scene situation room set up at the office of the Hallym Fishing Boat Owners Association and inspected the search and rescue situation for the missing person.
Immediately after receiving the accident report, Governor Above ordered the Jeju Island Disaster and Safety, Maritime and Fisheries Department and related agencies to mobilize all available resources and cooperate closely with the Coast Guard to search for the missing people.
He emphasized, "Please do your best to find the missing people by mobilizing all available resources while working closely with the Coast Guard, Fisheries Management Group, and Fisheries Cooperatives," and added, "Take care of the health of the rescued sailors and ensure that the necessary support is quickly provided to the families of the missing people."
Earlier this morning, a 29-ton fishing boat shipped from Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province with 11 crew members on board capsized off Chagwi Island, Jeju Island, and nine people were rescued, and two people, including a Korean captain and a foreign crew member, went missing.
Jeju Island plans to continue to monitor the search and rescue situation for missing persons and strengthen its cooperation system with related agencies such as the Coast Guard.
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The search for missing people will continue and additional rescues or bodies may be recovered.
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