4th Chinese national among missing passengers
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The Chinese embassy in South Korea has confirmed that four Chinese nationals were onboard the Sewol, which capsized off the South Korea's southwest coast on Wednesday.
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A vessel participates in search and rescue operations of the upturned South Korean ferry "Sewol" in the sea off Jindo, South Korea, April 17, 2014. [Xinhua] |
![A vessel participates in search and rescue operations of the upturned South Korean ferry 'Sewol' in the sea off Jindo, South Korea, April 17, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20140418/001fd04cf03a14bb0d2202.jpg "A vessel participates in search and rescue operations of the upturned South Korean ferry")
The four include one who works in South Korea holding a H2 visa, a schoolgirl and a couple who had been on their way to Jeju Island for vacation.
A total of 28 people, including 12 students, two teachers and three crew members, have been confirmed dead, with 179 people rescued and 268 still missing after a South Korean ferry capsized.
The passenger ferry, the Sewol, which sank in waters off South Korea's southwest coast Wednesday, had 475 people aboard, including 325 high school students and 15 teachers who had been on the way for a four-day field trip.
The ship departed from South Korea's western port city of Incheon Tuesday night for the southern resort island of Jeju.
Among the rescued, 75 were students from the Danwon High School in Ansan, a Seoul suburb. Almost 70 percent of those aboard were from the high school.
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