Mokpo Coast Guard in the Process of Rescue Operation

A ship has run aground near Gwangdaedo, Jindo-gun, and the Mokpo Coast Guard is conducting a rescue operation. <br>[Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard]

A ship has run aground near Gwangdaedo, Jindo-gun, and the Mokpo Coast Guard is conducting a rescue operation.
[Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard]

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A ship ran aground near Gwangdaedo Island in Jodo-myeon, Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do, prompting the Coast Guard to launch an emergency rescue operation.


According to the Mokpo Coast Guard, at around 6:44 a.m. on the 23rd, a 40-ton coastal gillnet fishing vessel A, carrying 13 people, was reported to have run aground near Gwangdaedo Island in Jodo-myeon, Jindo-gun.


The Mokpo Coast Guard immediately convened a situation support team and dispatched available forces, including patrol vessels and the West Sea Special District Unit, to the scene to carry out rescue operations.


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Most of the crew were reported to be wearing life jackets, and so far, no casualties have been confirmed.


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