S Korean-skippered vessel outruns Somali 'pirates'

Seoul – A fishing vessel, initially believed to have been hijacked off the Somalian coast early on Saturday, was confirmed to be operating as normal, the South Korean foreign ministry said.
The Mongolian-flagged ship – with a South Korean captain, and two South Korean and 18 Indonesian crew members — successfully outdistanced a suspicious boat that had pursued it for more than an hour in an apparent attempt to capture it, the ministry said in a statement.
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