An additional body of a missing person was found in the sinking of the Venus ferry off Jeju Island.
The Coast Guard recovered one body around the hull with a Navy remote-controlled underwater robot, R.O.V., at around 4 p.m. yesterday (10th) and within four hours.
The body was identified as a Korean sailor in his 60s who was missing.
As a result, the death toll of the Venus increased to four and the number of missing persons decreased to 10.
Earlier on the 9th, the Navy also found and recovered the body of a Korean sailor in his 60s.
The 129-ton Busan-registered Venus, which had 27 people on board, sank 22 kilometers northwest of Biyangdo Island on Jeju Island in the early morning of the 8th.
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