Seoul: North Korea has released a Russian fishing vessel it had seized 10 days earlier for allegedly entering North Korean waters without permission, EFE news agency reported on Sunday. The Russian embassy in Pyongyang released a statement saying that the boat Xiangheilin-8, owned by the Northeast Fishery Company based in Nevelsk, Russia, was allowed to set sail from the North Korean port of Wonsan at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday. (IANS)