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Chinese fishing boat capsizes off S.Korean coast

The boat, carrying 15 crewmen, capsized near Gunsan in the country's southwest.

The coast guard and another Chinese boat that was fishing alongside the sunken vessel rescued eight crew members, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency. Four other crew members were later rescued from the water, although three of them were unconscious.

It is not clear what caused the boat to capsize.