All 267 people on board a South Korean passenger ferry that ran aground off the southwestern tip of the Korean peninsula have been rescued in an incident that revived memories of the major ferry disaster in 2014 in which 300 people died.

Passengers and crew were taken from the stricken vessel on Wednesday, the coast guard said in a statement, and 27 sustained minor injuries.

Most will be transported to the coastal city of Mokpo while 21 crew members will remain on the ship.

A mistake by the captain or a navigating officer might have caused the accident but the coast guard will conduct a thorough investigation, the organisation's Commissioner General Kim Yong-jin said.

President Lee Jae Myung, who is travelling in the Middle East, ordered details of the rescue operation to be made publi

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