South Korean Boat Sinks off in Antartica - SEOUL, South Korea – A South Korean fishing boat sank in frigid waters off Antarctica, killing five sailors and touching off a frantic search Monday for 17 others who were missing and feared dead.Twenty survivors were rescued shortly after the 614-ton vessel went down some 1,400 miles (2,250 kilometers) south of New Zealand.Any others in the water would be dead in 10 minutes without special suits or lifejackets, though nearby fishingboats launched a frantic search in hopes that some may have made it into a life raft.
The South Korean owned and operated No.1 In Sung fishing boat had 42 on board when it sunk: eight South Koreans, eight Chinese, 11 Indonesians, 11 Vietnamese, three Filipinos and one Russian, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The confirmed dead included two Indonesians, two South Koreans and one Vietnamese.
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