A diver who went missing during a leisure dive off the coast of Uljin County, North Gyeongsang, was rescued after drifting at sea for about 12 hours, the Coast Guard said Monday.
The Coast Guard belatedly learned that an undocumented migrant fled the authorities — while being transported inland by them — by jumping from a vessel. Though officials immediately pursued him, his whereabouts have remained unknown for three days.
A woman was rescued after being stranded on a coastal rock near Daebu Island in Ansan, Gyeonggi, according to the Korea Coast Guard Station Pyeongtaek on Monday.
A special counsel team raided the Coast Guard's offices on Friday, reopening an investigation into the agency's suspected involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law bid in 2024.
The Korea Coast Guard conducts a joint training exercise to crack down on illegal Chinese fishing vessels in the Yellow Sea near Socheongdo, an island off the coast of Incheon.
With Korea trying to pick up the pieces after a 4-0 loss to Ivory Coast in their friendly match in England on Saturday, captain Son Heung-min insisted the team must use the occasion as a learning experience.
Korea will open their World Cup year by playing a pair of friendly matches in Europe this month, with a tilt against the Ivory Coast on Saturday set to kick things off.
Container shipping costs from Korea to the West Coast of the United States fell for a third consecutive month in February to 4.52 million won, while rates to the East Coast rose for a fourth straight month.
Crude oil spilled inside the Onsan National Industrial Complex in Ulsan and flowed into a nearby stream on Saturday. Firefighters and the Ulsan Coast Guard began emergency containment work.
Cuban soldiers killed four people and wounded six others aboard a Florida-registered speed boat that had entered Cuban waters and opened fire on soldiers, the Cuban government said Wednesday.
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