Police emblem. Kyunghyang Shinmun file photo

In Juwangsan National Park in Cheongsong County, North Gyeongsang Province, an elementary school student has gone missing, and the authorities are searching for a second day.

According to the North Gyeongsang Fire Headquarters and police on the 11th, A, an 11-year-old boy who visited a temple in Juwangsan National Park with his family on the 10th, set out alone to climb the main peak and did not return.

A’s parents notified the authorities at about 5:53 p.m. on the day he went missing when their son, who had gone hiking without a mobile phone, did not come back. A review of CCTV footage in the national park found no indications of a crime.

A is about 145㎝ tall with a slim build and was reportedly wearing a Samsung Lions uniform on the day he went missing.

On the second day of the search, the authorities have deployed 96 personnel and one helicopter, but have not yet confirmed his whereabouts.