Captain's Body of 32-Minho Ship Sunk Near Jeju Port Found

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters (Jeju) Reporter Hwang Jeong-pil] One more body has been found during the search operation for the missing persons from the 32myeongminho, which capsized and sank off the coast of Jeju at the end of last year.

According to the Jeju Regional Maritime Police Agency on the 3rd, at around 11:19 a.m., one body was recovered from the seabed near the west breakwater of Jeju Port, where part of the 32myeongminho hull was discovered.

The maritime police lifted the body and, through fingerprint identification and other precise identity verification, confirmed that the person was Kim Mo (55), the helmsman of the 32myeongminho.

This is the second missing person found since the body of crew member Kim Mo (73) was discovered in the waters in front of Pier 3 of Jeju Port on the 31st of last month.

The 32myeongminho (32-ton class), registered in Hallim, Jeju, capsized at 7:44 p.m. on the 29th of last month about 2.6 km northwest off Jeju Port, and sank the next day, the 30th, after colliding with the west breakwater of Jeju Port.

At the time of the accident, there were seven crew members on board: four Koreans and three Indonesians.

The maritime police are focusing on land, sea, and underwater search operations to find the remaining five missing persons.

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