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Article: North Korea seizes South Korean fishing boat
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- July 30, 2009
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North Korea seized a fishing boat from the South on Thursday after it accidentally strayed into the North's waters, officials said, amid tensions on the peninsula over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs.
Seoul asked the North to quickly release the vessel and the four crew members, a Unification Ministry spokeswoman said.
Early Thursday morning, a North Korean patrol boat took the 29-ton vessel "800 Yeonan" into custody after it crossed into the North's eastern waters _ apparently because its satellite navigation system malfunctioned, an official at South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
The official, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity, said the boat was taken to North ...