SEOUL, March 31 (Reuters) – South Korea has deployed a naval vessel from its regional anti-piracy effort to help in the search after a fishing boat was hijacked by pirates off Ghana, South Korea’s foreign ministry said on Saturday.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The ministry said the fishing boat had about 40 crew – mostly from Ghana but including three South Koreans. It said the pirates used a speedboat to take away the South Koreans.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in sent South Korea’s anti-piracy Cheonghae unit to the area to try to secure the South Koreans’ release, the ministry said.
The South Korean government has been working to tackle piracy with a number of African countries, as well as the United States and the European Union.
Reporting by Heekyong Yang Editing by Andrew Bolton
