SEOUL, South Korea — A typhoon that battered South Korea this week killed seven people and left three others missing, the country's safety agency said Thursday.

Typhoon Chaba caused strong winds and heavy rain in southeastern South Korea and the southern resort island of Jeju on Tuesday and Wednesday. The storm later dissipated after moving off the east coast.

The seven dead include one person who fell from a breakwater and another who fell from the roof of a house, the Ministry of Public Safety and Security said in a statement.

It said the typhoon made 190 others homeless and temporarily left about 229,000 households without power.

Chaba also inundated hundreds of houses, shops and factories, the ministry said.

Another typhoon, Lionrock, hit a remote area of North Korea in late August, causing floods that are estimated to have killed more than 130 people and left 400 others missing. The Red Cross estimates that 70,000 people were made homeless in North Hamgyong province. </s> SEOUL, South Korea — A typhoon that battered South Korea this week has killed six people and left four others missing, the country's safety agency said Thursday.

Typhoon Chaba caused strong winds and heavy rain in southeastern areas in South Korea and the southern resort island of Jeju on Tuesday and Wednesday. South Korean officials say the typhoon has later dissipated after moving to the waters off the east coast.

The six dead include one who fell from a breakwater and another who fell from the roof of a house, the Ministry of Public Safety and Security said in a statement.

It said the typhoon also left 200 others homeless and temporarily left about 229,000 households without power.

Chaba also inundated hundreds of houses, shops and factories in the areas, according to the statement.

Another typhoon, Lionrock, hit a remote area of North Korea in late August, causing floods that are estimated to have killed more than 130 people and left 400 others missing. The Red Cross estimates that 70,000 people were also made homeless in the North's North Hamgyong province. </s> MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) - Uruguay is looking for 22 missing crew members of a South Korean ship after finding two survivors, authorities said Sunday.

Two Filipino survivors in good health were found Saturday floating in a life boat by a commercial boat participating in the search. Uruguayan Navy spokesman Gaston Jaunsolo told The Associated Press that the survivors said the Stella Daisy split in two and sank.

A Brazilian Navy plane joined the rescue team at around 2,485 miles (4,000 kilometers) off Uruguay's coast. Argentina's Navy has also been helping.

The South Korean foreign ministry says the vessel's shipping company lost contact with Stella Daisy on Friday shortly after a crew member sent a text message saying it was taking on water.

It says there were 24 crew members aboard - eight South Koreans and 16 Filipinos. The ship was registered in the Marshall Islands. </s> SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean cargo vessel is missing after losing contact in the South Atlantic about 1,500 miles offshore, South Korea's foreign ministry said Sunday.

22 crew members are unaccounted for, the foreign ministry confirmed.

Two Filipino crew members floating in a life raft were rescued Saturday, but other lifeboats found in the area were empty, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.

On Friday a crew member sent a text message saying the 148,000-tonne ship was taking in water on the port side, Yonhap said.

"A search operation is continuing for the 22 people," a South Korean foreign ministry official in Seoul said, adding eight of the missing are South Korean nationals and 14 are Filipinos.

South Korea has requested Brazil and Uruguay to aid in the search and rescue.

The very large ore carrier (VLOC) Stellar Daisy was sailing from Brazil to China carrying iron ore when it sent a distress signal to its operator, South Korea's Polaris Shipping, on Friday, Yonhap said.

The ship is owned by the shipping firm which is based in Busan, South Korea. </s> Taehwa Market in Ulsan is flooded after typhoon Chaba struck the region, Wednesday. The typhoon caused five deaths with one person missing, as well as property damage on Jeju Island and southern coastal areas. / Yonhap



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At least five people died and and five more are still missing as of Thursday 10 a.m., after typhoon Chaba hit the southern parts of the peninsula.

With an atmospheric pressure of 975 hectopascals and maximum wind speeds of 47 meters per second measured on Jeju Island, Chaba was the strongest typhoon since Maemi in 2003 which devastated the country.

Chaba hit Jeju and the nation's southern regions before heading eastward to the coastal cities of Busan and Ulsan and moving further east away from the Korean Peninsula.

In Busan, a tower crane at a construction site at Kosin University collapsed on a nearby container, killing a worker surnamed Oh, 59. In another part of the city, a woman surnamed Park, 90, died after winds swept her from the second floor of her house. A man surnamed Heo, 57, was found dead after being swept away by waves at a seawall while examining vessels tied there. Busan had waves as tall as 9 meters.

In Ulsan, one person who was swept away by flood waters at the entrance of an apartment building died. A rescue worker also went missing during rescue operations and authorities are searching for him.





Submerged cars in a riverfront parking lot in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, Wednesday. / Yonhap



On Jeju Island, a man surnamed Song, 42, presumed to be a sailor, went missing after falling into the sea from a vessel moored at a dock amid the strong winds and heavy rain. Maritime police are searching for his body.

Operations at Hyundai Motor factory production lines in Ulsan were temporarily halted, after one of the factories was flooded.

A section of high-speed track for the KTX between Gyeongju and Ulsan was closed following a power cut, prompting seven trains heading from Ulsan to Seoul to be canceled. Operations resumed later in the day.

On Jeju, police received reports that eight vessels sank, while three capsized and two were adrift.

Mountainous areas on the island received as much as 624.5 millimeters of rain.

Heavy rains inundated hundreds of houses and cars in many parts of the south, including Busan, Ulsan, Pohang, Gyeongju and Jeju, forcing people to evacuate. Six car insurance companies received more than 1,400 reports of vehicle damage, with the total damage being expected to reach 10.3 billion won.

According to the Korea Electric Power Corp., a total of 211,852 households across the nation ― mostly on Jeju and in South Gyeongsang Province ― suffered power outages.

More than 300 cases of property damage have been reported to disaster authorities.

A total of 42 flights departing and landing on Jeju Island were canceled, inconveniencing 6,500 passengers. Another 36 flights departing from Gimhae Airport near Busan were canceled.

A total of 1,451 schools in South Gyeongsang Province were temporarily closed.



A crane at a school building site in Yeongdo district in Busan collapsed on a worker and killed him after typhoon Chaba hit the city on Wednesday morning. / Yonhap





Cars are piled up at a parking lot on Jeju Island, Wednesday. / Yonhap





Part of a building's wall collapsed in Busan, crushing a car. / Yonhap





Floodwaters flow into Hyundai Motor's assembly line in Ulsan, Wednesday. / Yonhap





An excavator clears debris and soil from a landslide on a highway linking Tonhyoung and Daejeon, Wednesday. / Yonhap </s> SEOUL: A South Korean cargo ship has gone missing in waters off Uruguay after making a distress call, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Saturday. The Stella Daisy with eight South Korean and 16 Filipino crew members on board disappeared Friday after sending a text message that it was sinking, the ministry said. “It remains unknown whether the crew escaped to safety,” a ministry official was quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency. A search operation by Uruguayan coast guards was underway, it added. – AFP </s> Uruguay is looking for 22 missing crew members of a South Korean ship after finding two survivors, authorities said Sunday.

Two Filipino survivors in good health were found Saturday floating in a life boat by a commercial boat participating in the search. Uruguayan Navy spokesman Gaston Jaunsolo told The Associated Press that the survivors said the Stella Daisy split in two and sank.

A Brazilian Navy plane joined the rescue team at around 2,485 miles (4,000 km) off Uruguay’s coast. Argentina’s Navy has also been helping.

The South Korean foreign ministry says the vessel’s shipping company lost contact with the Stella Daisy on Friday shortly after a crew member sent a text message saying it was taking on water.

It says there were 24 crew members aboard — eight South Koreans and 16 Filipinos. The ship was registered in the Marshall Islands.

The ship went out of contact late Friday, South Korea time, shortly after one of the crew members sent a text message to the shipping company saying the ship was taking on water, according to an official from Seoul’s foreign ministry.

The official said the Uruguayan maritime police and a commercial vessel that had been in neighboring waters were searching for the Stella Daisy, which had departed from a port in Brazil on March 26. </s> SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – South Korea’s government said Saturday that a cargo ship being used by a South Korean shipping company has gone missing in seas near Uruguay with 24 crew members.

The ship went out of contact late Friday, South Korea time, shortly after one of the crew members sent a text message to the shipping company saying the ship was taking on water, according to an official from Seoul’s Foreign Ministry.

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The official said the Uruguayan maritime police and a commercial vessel that had been in neighbouring waters were searching for the Stella Daisy, which had departed from a port in Brazil on March 26.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, citing office rules, said 16 Filipinos and eight South Koreans were on the ship. He said it wasn’t clear whether the ship sank or if the crew members escaped.

He said the ship was registered in the Marshall Islands. </s> Gwangju, South Korea, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Jul, 2019 ) :Two people died and 16 were injured, including eight athletes taking part in swimming's world championship, after a balcony collapsed under the weight of party-goers at a South Korean nightclub, local police said Saturday.

The balcony at the Coyote Ugly club close to the athletes' village was a mangled wreck after it gave way and plummeted around five metres (16 feet) onto people below, sending terrified clubbers running to the exit screaming.

"An internal balcony collapsed at a club in Gwangju, killing two," said Song Gi-ju, a detective with the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency.

"We have a total of 16 injured and among them 10 are foreigners. Of the 10, eight are athletes participating in the championships.

" Song said the two dead were locals and not involved in the swimming championships, adding that police were investigating the possibility the balcony may have been illegally constructed.

The eight injured athletes include three Americans, two New Zealanders, one Dutch, one Brazilian and one Italian. Police said earlier that among the Americans was a male diver and a female polo player.

"A structure collapsed all of a sudden with people standing on it. Screams filled the area with broken parts flying all over, said a 32-year-old who was injured in the collapse, according to South Korea's Kukmin Ilbo.

"The site of the collapse was at the centre of the club where customers were most heavily located," said the party-goer, surnamed Kim.
Chaba leaves at least four people dead, and three others missing in South Korea.