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An elementary school student was found dead after falling into the water at a fishing pier in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, in the early hours of today (October 25). It is presumed that the accident occurred when the child lost his footing while setting out to find his parents.

Covering the weekend's accidents and incidents is Reporter Lee Se-hyeon.

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This is a fishing pier in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, where bungalows line the reservoir.

It was 10:30 PM last night when third-grader A left the bungalow where he had been playing with friends alone, saying, "I'm going to go to my dad to sleep now."

At around 11:50 PM, following an emergency call to 119 stating, "A child is missing," fire authorities deployed underwater drones and divers to conduct a search. About three and a half hours later, child A was found dead.

A police line has been set up in front of the accident site, and access is completely restricted.

Child A was found at a spot 1.7 meters deep and was not wearing a life jacket.

[Fishing Pier Official: The children were in a separate room, and it seems the adults had gathered separately to eat.]

Police believe that child A lost his footing while heading over to a neighboring bungalow to look for his parents, and are investigating the exact circumstances.

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At around 6:22 AM, a passenger was injured due to the overheating of an auxiliary battery on a flight heading from Hong Kong to Jeju.

Smoke began to rise from an auxiliary battery inside a bag, but flight attendants immediately placed the battery into specialized equipment for responding to in-cabin battery fires, preventing it from spreading into a full fire.

The owner of the battery, a Chinese national in their 50s, suffered burns to a finger and received first aid after arriving at Jeju International Airport.

(Video by Lim Dong-guk | Video editing by Shin Se-eun)