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Koreas Unite to Foil Pirates

South Koreans rescue North Korean cargo ship from pirate attack

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted May 5, 2009 4:48 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Gulf of Aden was the scene of a rare example of inter-Korean cooperation yesterday as the unfriendly nations joined efforts to thwart pirates, reports the Wall Street Journal. A helicopter from a South Korean warship was sent to the rescue when a North Korean cargo ship being pursued by a pirate ship sent out a distress call. The pirates fled as snipers prepared to fire and the South Koreans guided the grateful North Korean crewmen to safety.

South Korean snipers on a helicopter aim at a pirate ship south of Yemen yesterday.
South Korean snipers on a helicopter aim at a pirate ship south of Yemen yesterday.   (AP Photo/ South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, HO)
A pirate ship is seen from a South Korean helicopter yesterday.
A pirate ship is seen from a South Korean helicopter yesterday.   (AP Photo/South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, HO)
A South Korean sniper on a Lynx helicopter takes aim at a pirate ship south of Yemen yesterday.
A South Korean sniper on a Lynx helicopter takes aim at a pirate ship south of Yemen yesterday.   (AP Photo/South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, HO)
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COMMENTS
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Mr.C
May 5, 2009 7:43 AM CDT
I was in S Korea for a semester and the love-hate relation between N/S is bizarre. They love them as brothers and hate them for their morals.
serfinWI
May 5, 2009 5:56 AM CDT
And would it happen in the reverse?
Addyp
May 5, 2009 2:41 AM CDT
My bet is the North Koreans are being told the heli was North Korean too.

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