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.
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.
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