The police and military have launched a frantic search operation for survivors 47 miles west of South Korea's Chagwido Island, in Jeju. Early reports said 12 people were missing, however one sailor was subsequently found, Yonhap reports. It comes little over a month after an oil tanker burst into flames in South Korea. There were 25 sailors aboard, including Russians and Filipinos, with the fire spreading to another unspecified oil tanker docked nearby. All of the sailors on the Stolt Groenland and another 21 aboard the other ship were rescued.

Source: Daily Mirror November 19, 2019 01:13 UTC