Two swept away by waves at beach in Gangneung

Two women were swept away by waves at a beach in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, on Saturday, leaving one dead and the other hospitalized.

The Gangneung Coast Guard Station said it received a report of two people struggling in the water at 5:09 a.m. A coastal patrol team pulled both women from the water using rescue ropes.

One of the victims, a woman in her 30s, was found unconscious and in cardiac arrest and was later pronounced dead.

The other woman, in her 20s, is receiving treatment at a hospit