Search for man missing off NSW north coast amid string of drownings across holiday period

21-year-old Taewoo Kim last seen going for a swim at Moonee beach, near Coffs Harbour, on Boxing Day; police say another man's body found in sea south of Wollongong

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A multi-agency search is under way for a man presumed missing in the ocean since Boxing Day, off the north coast of NSW, as another man's body has been pulled from the water further south.

Taewoo Kim, 21, was last seen around 1pm on Thursday, police said in a statement, going into the water at Moonee beach, north of Coffs Harbour.

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