A body presumed to be one of those missing from a capsized fishing boat was recovered Wednesday on South Korea's southern coast near the site of the accident, officials said, in the latest recovery since Monday.

The male body was found on the coast of Chuja Island at around 7:20 a.m. by a local resident. The island is located about halfway between the mainland and the southern resort island of Jeju.

The body will be transferred to a hospital on Jeju Island and go through a process of identity confirmation.

The 9.77-ton Dolphin capsized on Sept. 5 in waters north of Jeju. Three were rescued by another fishing boat on the next day.

If confirmed, the recovery would raise the death toll to 13 and lower the number of those unaccounted for to five. (Yonhap)