Nine people including two children were killed Sunday when high waves slammed into a breakwater on South Korea's west coast, sweeping anglers and others into the sea, coastguard officials said.
Another 14 people were taken to hospital where five of them were still being treated, said Lee Won-Il, a coastguard official, adding that two of the five are in a critical condition.
Lee said the death toll was updated after another body was found and no one is still believed to be missing.
A nine-year-old boy and his father, and a five-year-old boy and his uncle, were among the dead, Lee told AFP.
The reports refer to the large number of visitors to the beach today because Monday May 5th is Children's Day in South Korea, a national holiday, and many were taking advantage of the three-day weekend. Refer to my earlier post, directly below this one, for a few other links and for a look at some of the details that were out a few hours ago.
Boryeong is a city of 107,000 perhaps best known for the popular Mud Festival that takes place there every summer.
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