3. Tourists missing South Korean police said on Monday they were searching for more than 30 Chinese cruise* passengers who had apparently jumped ship in an attempt to remain in the country illegally. Immigration officials on the southern resort* island of Jeju said 30 male and 14 female passengers disappeared after their ship docked* early Sunday. Eleven people have so far been found in local hotels. Some 1,311 Chinese tourists visited Jeju island on Sunday aboard a ferry for a trip of several hours. But 44 failed to return to the ship after touring the island. 4. Pirates abduct 43 sailors Somali pirates have hijacked* a South Korean fishing boat with 43 sailors, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. Two Chinese, two South Koreans and 39 Kenyans were aboard the 241-ton Kenya-registered trawler* when it was attacked on October 9 in the waters off Kenya’s Lamu Island, the ministry said in a statement. 5. Indian temple stampede At least 10 people died in a stampede* at a temple in the eastern Indian state of Bihar where tens of thousands of devotees had gathered for an annual Hindu festival, police said on Sunday. Another 15 people were injured in the stampede, which occurred late Saturday outside a temple in Banka district. |