12 feared dead after cargo ship sinks off South Korea

A Chinese cargo ship sank off South Korea’s west coast after colliding with an anchored freighter, leaving at least three crew members on the Chinese ship dead and nine others missing.

The 2,972-ton Xinhai 7 was entering the port of Incheon, west of Seoul, when it slammed into the 3,980-ton Korea Gas at about 4am (1900 GMT Sunday), a coast guard statement said.