Eight missing after ship sinks between Japan, S. Korea (update)

A life boat drifts at sea near the site of a cargo ship that sank off southwestern Japan in this handout image released on Jan 25, 2023. - Reuters

TOKYO (AFP): Japan and South Korea's coast guards were searching Wednesday (Jan 25) for eight crew from a cargo ship that sank between the two countries, after 14 others were rescued.

"A total of 14 have been rescued," a spokesman for the Japanese coast guard told AFP.