Overview
- A 286-ton tugboat overturned about 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday in waters southeast of Busan while carrying eight crew, leaving six unaccounted for after two were rescued.
- One crew member was pulled aboard by a passing cargo ship and a second was later found unconscious and taken to safety.
- President Lee Jae Myung directed officials to mobilize all available resources for rescue efforts, according to the presidential office.
- Prime Minister Han Seong-sook and Oceans Minister Hwang Jong-woo ordered all-out rescue steps and tasked the Coast Guard, maritime ministry, interior ministry, defense ministry and Busan city government to provide support.
- Coast Guard teams have dispatched personnel and equipment and are continuing surface and on-scene searches as authorities warn the situation is developing and casualty status remains provisional.