The Gyeongsangbuk-do Pohang Maritime Police Department said that it found and rescued two people believed to be the crew of the overturned fishing vessel Georyong Lake in the sea east of Gampo Port in Gyeongju on the morning of the 21st.
The coast guard found a suspected missing crew member in the sea near the accident ship at around 9:20 AM today.
This man is now known to be conscious and pulseless.
The coast guard then found and rescued an additional sailor while searching inside the fishing boat at around 10:23 am.
This sailor is conscious, but complains of hypothermia, etc.
The Coast Guard is urgently transporting the two by helicopter.
Earlier, on the 19th at 6:46 pm, there was a report that the Georyong Lake was flooded in the sea about 42 km east of Gampo Port.
The maritime police and navy conducted a nighttime search and found a fishing boat that had been overturned in the sea about 4km from the reporting point in about 3 hours.
(Photo = Courtesy of Pohang Coast Guard, Yonhap News)