At least eight people are confirmed dead, including six Chinese nationals and two crew members from Myanmar, after a ship sank in waters between Japan and South Korea
Coast guards from South Korea and Japan, joined by military aircraft and a private vessel, located 13 of the 22 people who were onboard the Jin Tian cargo vessel.
"Five of them - including four Chinese crew members - are not in life-threatening conditions," he added.The Jin Tian, carrying crew from China and Myanmar, sent a distress signal on Tuesday evening from a position around 110 kilometres west of the remote and uninhabited Danjo Islands in far southwestern Japan.
Three private ships in the area also helped to pick up five of the stranded crew members, Japan's coast guard said.Cold snap in Asia
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