South Korea Saves North Korean Sailors

[UNHWildCats]

NAIROBI, Kenya - South Korean snipers hovering in a helicopter Monday chased away pirates pursuing a North Korean freighter, a rare instance of recent cooperation between the two Koreas.

The South Korean ship has been operating off Somalia since last month on a mission to protect its cargo ships from Somali pirates, whose acts of high-seas crime have exploded in recent years as the bandits continue to get ransoms in the millions of dollars.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the 4,500-ton-class warship sent a Lynx helicopter to assist the North Korean vessel shortly after receiving a distress call that it was being chased by the pirate ship.

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[BlueHen86]

They should have done more than just chase them away, they should have sunk there boat and made them swim to shore.

Nice to see other countries taking action against the pirates. If the risk gets high enough, the piracy may stop.