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Fifty-two crew people are still missing after a South Korean fishing trawler sank in rough, frigid waters in the Bering Sea off Russia’s Far East coast on Monday. The 326-foot deep-sea trawler Oryong 501 was carrying 60 crew — including 11 South Koreans, a Russian inspector, 35 Indonesians and 13 Filipinos — while it was fishing off the coast of Russia’s Chukotka region. The trawler was hauling its catch when it was struck by a large wave, flooding its storage chambers and blocking a drain. The 1,753-ton ship started to list at 12:30pm. The crew attempted to pump the water out, but the ship listed further and sank at around 5 p.m. Four nearby fishing vessels rushed to the scene to search for survivors, but the harsh weather conditions complicated rescue operations, an official from South Korea's foreign ministry told the Korea Herald. Eight crew members who escaped on a life raft were rescued, but one, a Korean national, later died from hypothermia. The rest of the crew are believed to have been wearing life jackets. South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won said Seoul would ask Russia to speed up search and rescue operations An official from Sajo, the Korean fishing conglomerate that operated the Oryong 501, said waves in the area were as high as 4 metres (13 feet) high with temperature below negative 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit). The vessel departed from Busan on July 10 for Bering Sea to fish for pollock, a popular winter food in South Korean.