SEOUL -- Two people were killed and three others went missing on Sunday after a Chinese fishing boat capsized in waters off Gageo Island, about 420 km southwest of South Korea's capital Seoul.
It was reported around 6:50 a.m. local time (2150 GMT Saturday) that the 98-ton ship was overturned in international waters, some 81 km away from the island, according to the South Korean coast guard. (South Korea-China Boat)
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KUALA LUMPUR -- At least one individual has been found dead and 10 others have been rescued after a boat carrying nearly 100 undocumented migrants sank in waters near the Malaysia-Thailand maritime border, Malaysia's national news agency Bernama quoted local police as saying on Sunday.
Malaysia's Kedah police chief Adzli Abu Shah said the boat was part of a larger ship transporting around 300 people by a syndicate. (Malaysia-Boat Capsizing)
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TOKYO -- A tsunami advisory was issued after a 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's Iwate Prefecture on Sunday, the country's weather agency said.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued the tsunami advisory for the eastern coast of the prefecture after revising up the quake's magnitude to 6.7 from 6.5. (Japan-Quake)
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MANILA -- Super Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall over Aurora province in the eastern part of Luzon Island of the Philippines on Sunday night, according to the state weather bureau.
The bureau reported that the Category 5 typhoon hit the municipality of Dinalungan around 9:10 p.m. local time (1310 GMT) on Sunday. (Philippines-Typhoon-Fung-wong) Enditem
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