- SEOUL: A South Korean oil tanker was seized by pirates, probably from Somalia, and its crew taken captive on Sunday, South Korea's foreign ministry said.
The 300,000-ton Samho Dream was traveling to the United States from Iraq when it was hijacked off east Africa, the ministry said in a statement.
The tanker had a crew of five South Koreans and 19 Filipinos, it said, adding the ministry was trying to gather details on their condition.