Fifty-two people are missing after a South Korean fishing boat sank in the Bering Sea , the South Korean government said . The vessel sank Monday with 60 crew members on board . Eight people were rescued , but one of them later died , said Kim Hong-won , an official at the South Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries . The cause of the sinking , in the frigid waters that lie between far-eastern Russia and Alaska , was n't clear . The crew consisted of 35 Indonesians , 13 Filipinos , 11 South Koreans and one Russian , Kim said .
Eight people were rescued , but one of them later died , authorities say . Comment: