Ship with 9 crewmen capsizes off S.Korea's eastern islets

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SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- A ship with nine crewmen capsized in waters off South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo (called Takeshima by Japan), Yonhap news agency reported Wednesday citing the South Korean coast guard.

The coast guard was informed by the Japanese authorities that the 72-ton ship tipped over at about 2:24 p.m. local time (0524 GMT) in international waters some 168 km northeast of the Dokdo islets.

Crewmen aboard the vessel were four Chinese, two Indonesians and three South Koreans. The nine crewmen were still unaccounted for.

The coast guard reportedly dispatched two patrol ships and a helicopter for search operations. Enditem

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