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Kang Jae-Nam / Newsis via AP
A Chinese fisherman wearing an orange life vest, fourth from left, is rescued by South Korean coast guard officers from a Chinese ship in Jeju, South Korea, on August 28, 2012. A powerful typhoon pounded South Korea with strong winds and heavy rain Tuesday, while the nation's coast guard battled rough seas in a race to rescue fishermen on two Chinese ships that slammed into rocks off the southern coast.
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South Korean coast guardsmen attempt to rescue Chinese fishermen after it slammed into rocks off the coast of Jeju, south of Seoul.
Kang Jae-Nam / Newsis via AP
A Chinese fisherman is rescued by South Korean coast guard officers, unseen.
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The South Korean coast guard rescue a crew member, center, of a stranded Chinese fishing boat.
Kang Jae-Nam / Newsis via AP
A Chinese fisherman, second right, wearing an orange life vest, is rescued.
Reuters reports — A typhoon with winds of up to 106 mph buffeted South Korea's west coast on Tuesday, killing five people at sea and leaving 10 missing when two Chinese fishing vessels capsized.
Typhoon Bolaven barreled up the coast before making landfall in already flood-ravaged North Korea as the impoverished country struggles to feed its 24 million people.
Much at stake for US as tensions rise in troubled China Seas
Coast guard rescuers pulled 18 surviving fishermen from the Chinese vessels that capsized off the southern island of Jeju and found five bodies, the emergency services said. Read the full story.
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Generally most people do not hate the rest of the people in the world as apply demonstrated in these rescue photographs. It is a few angry old men in staid offices wanting resources, strategic locations, money, and power who try to create hatred in the masses. Bravo to these Korean guardsmen who rescued the Chinese fishermen.
You are quite right, robert. I see this kind of kinship demonstrated all the time, all over the world.
As it happens, I'm in Qingdao, China, right now, across the Yellow Sea from this occurance. I've been here since the 27th and the typhoon missed this city by a fair margin.
Fine with me. I have an airplane to worry about at the airport. And I went through my own (stronger) typhoon last month down in Shenzhen where I live anyway.
So that's what the Chinese captain meant when he said "My boat is junk!"
Good one!
Good for the S. Korean coast guard. Robert, I think you got it right. However, I feel that too much pessimism doesn't aid the international discord that is present in the ruling bodies.
Just proves the point that the average citizens can get along regardless of their nationality. The problems come in when we let the political leaders do our thinking for us. Job well done to all the rescuers.
Well said, Politics and religion cause wars, not honest working people
Why are Chinese fisherman in South Korean waters?
Yeah, I was wondering if they were illegally fishing in S. Korean waters!
They may have been trying to reach the closest sheltered area. Mainland China is only about 200 miles West of where this occured.
Lots of open fishing waters around there.