Seoul among largest anti-piracy donors

The Korean government has anchored itself as a major player in the global campaign to wipe out piracy in the waters off Somalia, pledging $500,000 towards an international anti-piracy fund, Seatrade-asia reports. Seoul's Foreign Ministry says the announcement was made at the UN Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia's government-civilian high-level meeting held in Dubai this past week.?And Korea's contribution, ranking fourth after the Netherlands, United Arab Emirates and Germany, will be spent to reinforce judicial systems in Somalia and neighbouring countries