A computer-generated image of a fishing vessel in western Africa provided by Yonhap News TV. Two South Koreas have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in waters off Ghana, Seoul officials said Saturday. A Ghanaian-flagged fishing vessel was attacked in waters 200 kilometers southeast of the coastal city of Tema on Friday (local time), according to foreign ministry officials and Dryad Global, a London-based maritime security consultancy, Yonhap reports. A total of 50 crewmen, including two South Koreans, were aboard the vessel AP 703. The incident came two months after five Korean sailors were abducted in waters off Benin in western Africa.

Source: The Standard August 30, 2020 04:52 UTC