Report: South Korean fishing boat taken to North Korea
By APThursday, July 30, 2009
Report: SKorean fishing boat taken to NKorea
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea seized a South Korean fishing boat early Thursday after it accidentally crossed the countries’ sea border, a news report said.
Yonhap news agency quoted a Defense Ministry official as saying that the incident took place at about 6:30 a.m. (2130 GMT Wednesday) in the East Sea and that four people were on board the South Korean boat.
He said that the boat’s satellite navigation system appeared to have malfunctioned and that a North Korean patrol boat took the ship into custody. Yonhap said the official spoke on condition of anonymity.
South Korea was working to secure the release of the boat, Yonhap quoted another official as saying.
Yonhap said the incident took place in the East Sea, the body of water off the east coast of the Korean peninsula.
