Russian ship sinks in Pacific

A Russian ship with 18 crew members on board has sunk in the Sea of Japan, according to preliminary information, the Russian Transportation Ministry said Monday.

Three foreign vessels are nearing the Sinegorye, which was sailing around 80 nautical miles off South Korea’s east coast when it sent out an SOS at 1:40 p.m. local time (6:40 a.m. Moscow time/2.40 a.m. GMT).