Jeju Island: All eight crew members were rescued from a fishing boat that was capsizing off the coast of the southern island of Jeju on Tuesday, according to officials.

According to Yonhap News Agency, a distress signal was received at 6:11 p.m. from the 29-ton fishing vessel approximately 563 kilometers southwest of Moseulpo port in the southern part of Jeju Island.

The eight people aboard the vessel-one South Korean captain and seven Indonesian crew members-were rescued from the sinking ship, the authorities said.