2 Rescued, 5 Missing After Vessel Capsizes Off Western South Korea

2 Rescued, 5 Missing After Vessel Capsizes Off Western South Korea

Handout -Rescuers work at the capsizal site of a vessel in waters off Seosan, about 100 km southwest of Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 30, 2024. Two people were rescued and five others went missing after a vessel carrying cargo and cars capsized off western South Korea, Yonhap news agency said Monday, citing the coast guard. Photo by Coast Guard of South Korea/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Death toll in Pakistan's boat capsizal incident rises to 52

STORY: Death toll in Pakistan's boat capsizal incident rises to 52 DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:53 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the site STORYLINE: Pakistani rescue workers recovered 21 more bodies from a dam in the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, taking the death toll of Sunday's boat incident to 52, an official said on Tuesday. Students of a seminary were aboard the boat when it capsized in Tanda Dam in Kohat district of the province on Sunday morning, District Police Officer Abdul Rauf Babar Qaisarani said. All of the drowned so far recovered were aged between seven and 14 who came to the dam for a picnic, said the official, adding that the search operation for two more missing students is still underway. The Pakistani army and navy were taking part in the relief operations at the lake to assist the local administration in their rescue activities. Earlier, police and local authorities provided contradictory figures for the number o