2 dead, 43 rescued after research ship sinks off Penghu

Two of the 45 people on board a research vessel that sank off the coast of Taiwan's outlying islands of Penghu were dead late Friday, while 43 others were rescued, according to the Coast Guard Administration (CGA).

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