Yeosu
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Oct 26, 2026
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Sources describe the position slightly differently.
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Korean Wikipedia and the National Archives of Korea put it about 28 miles southeast of Sangbaekdo in the Baekdo Islets off Yeosu.
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The Gukje Shinmun says 33 miles east of Geomundo.
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A Seo Gwipo paper places it near Sorido.
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They are all describing the same stretch of open water southeast of Yeosu, and the wreck lies in about 89 meters of it.
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Korean Wikipedia's timeline gives about 10 minutes from the first list to the ship going over, and has her fully under by around 3 in the morning.
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It was fast, fast enough that most of the people aboard never got out.
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The signal was transmitted.
Joy FooGUEST
So market participants are watching closely for the timeliness of new plant startups, operating reliability and anticipated demand growth from some downstream expansions.
Joy FooGUEST
The second focus is definitely that contract discussions are likely to be more protracted this year, as key Northeast Asian exporters anticipate lower term and overall export volumes next year in 2027. due to expected south korean supply shortfalls linked to cracker rationalization and this has fueled a very strong bullish indication from suppliers however downstream affordability and potential feedstock constraints are still clouding the outlook and a key market concern is the startup timing of s oil's shaheen cracker which has so far been delayed from the fourth quarter of 2026 to the first quarter of 2027 based on current estimates The startup is expected to turn Ulsan in South Korea long, which is in contrary to a tighter outlook in Yeosu.
Joy FooGUEST
So this has caused significant differences in expectations for term discussions.
Joy FooGUEST
At the same time, the propylene market is also showing some signs of softness this week compared to strong prices in the previous week as severely compressed derivative margins across the propylene chain has reduced some buying interest and this will certainly influence discussions in the coming month and longer.
Josh QuahHOST
And market sources are putting it most likely those JV details will be finalized by the early second quarter.
Josh QuahHOST
of 2027.
Josh QuahHOST
And as well, we have LG at Yeosu, the Yeosu number three cracker, where plants are also being made for its rationalization.
Josh QuahHOST
So those two things will have a fairly significant impact in the Northeast Asian market next year.
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Yu JihoCORRESPONDENT
The perhaps, uh, maybe a preview of the V League season to come with GS Caltex looking, you know, pretty strong after winning the championship last season.
Yu JihoCORRESPONDENT
Uh, they won the cup final in five sets Sunday, uh, down in Yeosu, uh, their seventh cup title and their first since 2023.
Yu JihoCORRESPONDENT
The cup competition began in 2006, and no team has won more titles than GS Caltex in the women's division.
Yu JihoCORRESPONDENT
Uh, the Korea Expressway, they're trying to win their first cup since 2011.
Saeju JeongGUEST
We became the largest consumer-led digital healthcare company in the United States, and the company has been growing very fast with a lot of support from many users, and we feel very thankful.
Saeju JeongGUEST
[upbeat music] I was raised in a small fish town, it's called Yeosu, in South Korea.
Saeju JeongGUEST
My father was a medical doctor.
Saeju JeongGUEST
I thought I would become a doctor as well, and instead I become a doctor, I become an entrepreneur, as I found the company at age 19.
WarrenHOST
... one of the hot topics in Korea at the moment is the series of government-funded events, taxpayer-funded events that have gone to fucking shit.
WarrenHOST
Like, for example, there was a islands festival in Yeosu earlier this year which turned out to be fucking bullshit.
WarrenHOST
The-
DougHOST
The Boy Scout thing, right?
Jonathan FinkHOST
Several of those tankers are under international sanctions.
Jonathan FinkHOST
One of them, the Chongchong, took on its cargo by ship-to-ship transfer at an anchorage near Yeosu.
Jonathan FinkHOST
Well, this is interesting.
Jonathan FinkHOST
We're talking about a substantial amount of fuel here, some of it actually comparable in volumes to parts of the Trump diesel deal, which we've talked so much about.
Yu JihoCORRESPONDENT
Yeah.
Yu JihoCORRESPONDENT
So Manabe's IBK defeated the new franchise Sup- Supers in straight sets, 25-21, 25-16 and 25-19, down in Yeosu to begin their KOVO Cup tournament.
Yu JihoCORRESPONDENT
IBK went through a pretty tumultuous season last year.
Yu JihoCORRESPONDENT
Kim O-chol began the season as head coach and stepped down mid-season.