Chinese fishing boat capsizes in scuffle with South Korean ship

A Chinese fishing boat capsized in a maritime scuffle with a South Korean coast guard ship trying to curb its illegal fishing activities today, leaving two fishermen missing, officials said.

Chinese fishing boat capsizes in scuffle with South Korean ship

A Chinese fishing boat capsized in a maritime scuffle with a South Korean coast guard ship trying to curb its illegal fishing activities today, leaving two fishermen missing, officials said.

About 50 Chinese fishing boats were illegally fishing in western South Korean waters off Gunsan city, about 170 miles south of Seoul, when the South Korean ship approached them, coast guard spokesman Ji Kwan-tae said.

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