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Foreign passengers in ferry sinking all identified

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Latest update on the sunk ferry off the southwestern coast showed there were a total of five foreingers on board, the Ministry of Security and Public Administration said.

One was identified as a Russian female student from Ansan Danwon High School named Serkov Vyacheslav Nikoayevich, 17, according to Itar Tass Agency of Russia.

Two were Philippines, named Cabras (40, woman) and Manio (45, man). They were crewmembers working as singers on the boat.

The other two were Korean-Chinese named Han Geum-hee, 37, and Lee Do-nam, 38, a married couple, according to the Chinese Embassy here.

While the Russian and Korean-Chinese passengers still remain unaccounted for, the Filipinos are being treated at a hospital, according to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters.