South Korea's foreign ministry confirmed on Saturday that a South Korean cargo ship went missing after making a distress call in the Atlantic earlier this week, Yonhap has reported.
According to the ministry, the Stella Dasisy vessel departed Brazil on March 26 and went missing in waters near Uruguay.
A distress call was made from one of the sailors to their company at around 11:20 p.m. local time (0220GMT) Friday saying the ship was submerged, Yonhap reported.
Eight South Korean sailors and 16 Filipinos were reportedly on board.
A search operation is underway.
