TOKYO/SEOUL, Nov 15 (Reuters)– A South Korean trawler as well as a Japanese angling watercraft clashed in the Sea of Japan on Thursday regarding 330 kilometres (205 miles) northeast of an island asserted by both nations, authorities stated.

Part of the 48-tonne South Korean trawler was immersed after the crash, which took place at 9:38 a.m. neighborhood time (0038 GMT), a South Korean Coast Guard authorities stated.

All 13 seafarers aboard the South Korean watercraft were saved by various other angling vessels close by, the authorities stated.

In Tokyo, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga validated the crash as well as stated there had actually been no casualties on the Japanese watercraft.

The crash took place northeast of an island called Dokdo in South Korea as well as Takeshima in Japan, situated around midway in between both nations in the Sea of Japan, which Seoul describes as the East Sea.

South Korea’s shore guard has actually sent out a patrol ship as well as helicopter to the location to examine the source of the case.

“We’ll look into how the collision took place once our ship arrives on the scene,” the authorities informedReuters (Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim as well as Kaori Kaneko in TOKYO; Hyonhee Shin in SEOUL Editing by Paul Tait as well as Darren Schuettler)

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