All 267 people on board a South Korean passenger ferry that ran aground off the southwestern tip of the Korean peninsula on Wednesday were rescued, in an incident that revived memories of the major ferry disaster in 2014 in which 300 people died.
Passengers and crew were taken from the stricken vessel, the Coast Guard said in a statement, and 27 sustained minor injuries. RESCUE BOATS DEPLOYEDThe 26,000-ton ferry Queen Jenuvia 2 was travelling from Jeju Island to Mokpo. A Coast Guard official said the ferry had struck a rocky island near Jindo.
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- Lee Jae Myung
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