SEOUL -- Fourteen people were killed and 12 others went missing after five days of torrential rain battered South Korea, the interior ministry said Sunday.
Fourteen fatalities were confirmed and 12 people remained unaccounted for at 11:00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT), according to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. (South Korea-Rain)
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TOKYO -- Shigeru Ishiba vowed to stay on as Japan's prime minister after his ruling Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner Komeito appeared to be on course to lose their upper house majority following Sunday's election, local media reported.
"We have to take the projected outcome humbly," Ishiba said on a TV program, adding that "we must be fully aware of our responsibilities as the largest party in parliament. I want to be fully conscious of my own responsibility to properly address the issues" facing the country, according to Kyodo News. (Japan-Upper House Election)
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JAKARTA -- At least three people were killed and about 150 others rescued after a passenger ship caught fire in the waters of Indonesia's North Sulawesi province on Sunday, according to Veri Ariyanto, a senior official at the provincial Search and Rescue Office.
"Three people were killed, and nearly 150 were rescued safely. They were rescued by the joint rescue team and local fishermen's boats," he told Xinhua. (Indonesia-Sea Accident)
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HANOI -- A total of 35 people have been confirmed dead and four remain missing after a cruise ship capsized in Ha Long Bay, northern Vietnam's Quang Ninh province, local authorities said on Sunday.
At a press conference on Sunday afternoon, the Quang Ninh provincial People's Committee provided the latest figures, adding that 10 people had been rescued. (Vietnam-Cruise ship accident) ■
