South Korean miners lived on coffee and water while trapped in shaft for days

A miner rescued from a collapsed mine is carried into hospital in Bonghwa, South Korea (Kim Jin-hwan/Yonhap via AP)

Two South Korean miners who were rescued after being trapped deep underground for nine days said they had lived on instant coffee powder and water falling from the ceiling of a blocked shaft.

The two men, aged 62 and 56, were pulled out to safety on Friday night from the shaft at a zinc mine in the south-eastern town of Bonghwa.