SKorean fishing boat in Antarctic Ocean.....sinking

SKorean fishing boat in Antarctic Ocean.....sinking : South Korea's Coast Guard says that a South Korean fishing boat with 42 sailors aboard is sinking in the Antarctic Ocean.

A Coast Guard officer said that the company that owns the vessel said Monday that it was sinking in waters about 1,400 miles (2,250) south of New Zealand.

The officer says she has no further information. She declined to give her name, citing office rules.

She says eight of the 42 aboard are South Koreans.

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