A Chinese fisherman was killed during the Coast Guard's crackdown on his ship's illegal fishing in South Korean waters Friday, officials said.
The 45-year-old skipper, only identified by his surname Song, was shot by a South Korean Coast Guard officer on the ship in waters near Wangdeung Island in Buan County, North Jeolla Province, and transferred to a hospital in this southwestern port city, where he later died, Coast Guard officials said.