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지나쌤

Body of another victim of capsized boat found

By Shin Ji-hye

Published : Sept. 10, 2015 - 21:24

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The body of a passenger missing from a recently capsized fishing boat was recovered Thursday, raising the death toll to 11 and lowering the number of those missing to seven, coast guard officials said.

The body, which was found under a bridge on Chuja Island, north of the southern resort island of Jeju, was identified as that of a 48-year-old man, surnamed Kim, according to the Korea Coast Guard.

The body was transferred by helicopter to a hospital on Jeju.

The 9.77-ton Dolphin capsized near Chuja on Saturday, en route to Haenam, South Jeolla Province. Ten bodies were recovered the following day, while three people were rescued by another fishing boat.

No additional bodies or survivors had been found since Sunday. (Yonhap)