Death toll of S.Korean people rises to 4 in South Asia's Tsunami
28/12/2004 17:17
Death toll of South Korean people in South Asia's deadly earthquake rose to
four, and 12 others were still missing, according to South Korean Foreign
Ministry. Moreover, the ministry said in a news advisory that 17 South Korean
people injured in the Tsunami, and three South Korean people were out of contact
as of Tuesday afternoon. The dead included a five-year-old boy, identified
only by his surname as Park. His body was found on Thailand's Phi Phi island,
which is near the famous resort Phuket Island. Another fatality was a
20-year-old woman surnamed Lim whose body was found at a hospital in the
southern Thai city of Krabi. The third South Korean confirmed dead was
identified as Lim Wu- jeong, a 33-year-old resident of Malaysia. He and his
Malaysian wife were both killed in Phuket Island when the strong tidal wave hit
the island on early Sunday. South Korean Foreign Ministry is trying to
confirm situation of those people listed as missing and unaccounted for.
Xinhua
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