(Seoul) Last week, the 500 tonne fishing vessel Marine 711 sailing out of Tema Ghana was intercepted by nine pirates in
a speedboat . The attackers held the Marine 711 hostage for 12 hours and sailed
her into waters off Togo, just to the east of Ghana. They abandoned the ship
off Togo and departed with their captives comprising 3 Koreans and 1 Greek.
In response Korea has diverted the ROKS Munmu the Great from the coast off Somalia (A Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer) to the area , it is expected to arrive within a fortnight.
The pirates are believed to be Nigerians.
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SK's anti-piracy unit is ROKS "Munmu the Great" DDH-976, which is a destroyer made by Hyundai Heavy Industries. It's headed for Ghana but guess when it will get there: mid-April. It has to go around the Cape of Good Hope. It's off the Tanzanian coast nowhttps://t.co/FstrcwaoNb— Noon in Korea (@NoonInKorea) 1 April 2018
