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October 30, 2007

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A U.S. destroyer, the James E. Williams, intervened to rescue the crew of a North Korean ship after it was partially seized by pirates off the Somali coast. The pirates had control of the command center but not the engine room when the Wiliams ordered them to surrender, given the the North Korean crew a chance to assault the command center and retake their ship.

Following the capture of the pirates, three of the North Korean ship's crew were flown oer to the Williams for medical care.

The five surviving pirates have been left in North Korean custody.

This will likely not appear on the KCNA page, but I suspect Radio Free Asia will make sure the news makes it to the North.

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