Japan's Coast Guard is conducting a rescue operation after the South Korean tanker Keoyoung Sun capsized off Mutsure Island, killing seven of its crew.
Seven people are dead and two are missing Wednesday after a South Korean tanker carrying acrylic acid capsized near an island in southwestern Japan. Images taken from the scene show the chemical tanker Keoyoung Sun flipped over in the water near Japan’s Mutsure Island. In one photo, a first responder lowered from a helicopter was seen pulling up an individual from the wreckage.
NORTH KOREA TESTS NEW HYPERSONIC MISSILE WITH ONE US TARGET IN MIND The ship was heading from the Japanese port of Himeji to Ulsan in South Korea, according to NHK News. Its captain was South Korean, and its crew included another South Korean national, a Chinese national and eight Indonesians, according to the coast guard. GOLD MINE COLLAPSE IN RUSSIA TRAPS AT LEAST 13 WORKERS The tanker was carrying 980 tons of acrylic acid, officials said.
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