Two dead and 12 missing after fishing boat sinks off South Korea, official says
Changes sourcing, updates with two dead and 12 missing
SEOUL, Nov 8 (Reuters) -Two people have died and 12 are still missing after afishing boat sank on Friday in waters off South Korea's Jeju Island, an official at the Jeju city government said.
Authorities had lost track of the boat from the South Korean port city of Busan in the early hours, the official said.
The vessel had been carrying 27 people and foreign nationals were among those rescued, said the official, adding that two South Korean nationals had died.
The South Korean coast guard had received a distress call at 4:33 a.m. (1933 GMT on Thursday) located 24 kilometres (15 miles) away from an island off the coast of Jeju, the Yonhap news agency reported.
President Yoon Suk Yeol has ordered all available resources to be deployed for a search and rescue operation, his office said in a statement.
Reporting by Hyunsu Yim
Editing by Ed Davies
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