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Three bodies of foreigners found

April 22, 2014
Searchers and divers look for people believed to have been trapped in the sunken ferry Sewol near buoys which were installed to mark the vessel in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. One by one, coast guard officers carried the newly arrived bodies covered in white sheets from a boat to a tent on the dock of this island, the first step in identifying a sharply rising number of corpses from the South Korean ferry that sank nearly a week ago. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Searchers and divers look for people believed to have been trapped in the sunken ferry Sewol near buoys which were installed to mark the vessel in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. One by one, coast guard officers carried the newly arrived bodies covered in white sheets from a boat to a tent on the dock of this island, the first step in identifying a sharply rising number of corpses from the South Korean ferry that sank nearly a week ago. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

By Bahk Eun-ji

The body of a 17-year-old Russian, a student at Danwon High School in Asan, Gyeonggi Province, was recovered on Monday, the Coast Guard said.

One Korean Chinese, Lee Do-nam, 38, and another Chinese, Li Xiang Hao, 46, were also found dead.

The Ministry of Security and Public Administration previously said a total of five foreigners were on board. Two Filipinos, working as entertainers on the boat, were rescued the day of the accident.

However, the Chinese Embassy said there are two other Chinese still missing from the accident — Korean Chinese, Han Geum-hee, 37, and his fiancee.

The Russian student, born to a Korean father and Russian mother, is an immigrant who lived in Ansan with his mother. He was on a four-day field trip with his schoolmates to Jeju Island.