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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