19.02.2009, 11:39
N Korea releases Omsky-122 vessel of Russia Amur Shipping Co. The Omsky-122 motor ship that was detained near the North Korean coast on Tuesday, has been released and is now sailing to Vladivostok, Director General of the Amur Shipping Joint-Stock Company Anatoly Galuzinsky told Itar-Tass on Thursday. North Korean coast guards detained the Omsky-122 ship near Cape Musudan in the territorial waters of North Korea. The vessel with heavy equipment on board was bound for Russia’s Primorsky Territory from the South Korean port Pusan. The ship entered the North Korean waters due to a storm. There was no communication with the ship’s crew for more than a day, the sailors’ fate was unknown. The incident was probably caused by the fact that a North Korean missile test range is located not far from the place where the Omsky-122 was detained. The vessel was released after all issues related to the incident were settled through diplomatic channels.
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