North Korea Seizes Russian Fishing Vessel: Russian Embassy

Seoul: North Korea has seized a Russian fishing vessel and detained its crew for allegedly violating entry regulations, Russia’s Embassy in Pyongyang said on Wednesday. The vessel was seized on July 17 and the crew members aboard the ship — 15 Russians and two South Koreans — are being held in a hotel in the city of Wonsan, located on North Korea’s east coast, where the ship has also been moored. In an announcement on its Facebook page, the Russian Embassy identified the boat as Xiangheilin-8, owned by the Northeast Fishery Company based in Nevelsk, Russia. In its statement, the Embassy said representatives of the North Korean Foreign Ministry have been told that the boat was seized for “violating the rules of entry and stay in (North Korea)”. (IANS)

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