Via the ROK Drop Forum comes news that the South Korean Navy continues to be active in anti-piracy operations off the coast of Africa:

South Korean and American warships stopped a suspected pirate attack on an Egyptian ship in the Gulf of Aden, capturing 17 suspected pirates, the U.S. Navy announced Thursday.

The South Korean destroyer ROKS Munmu the Great and cruiser USS Gettysburg launched helicopters in response to a distress call from the MV Amira, the Navy statement said. While en route to the Egyptian-flagged ship, they spotted a dhow that the navies suspected was being used as a pirate “mother ship.”

An American search-and-seizure team boarded the dhow and found eight assault rifles, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and one rocket-propelled grenade, the Navy said. All 17 people aboard the boat were detained.

It was the first time the anti-piracy task force CTF 151 had captured suspected pirates, the Navy said.  [CNN]

The South Koreans have been one of the most active navies in stopping these pirate attacks which is good to see.  You know what else this anti-piracy activity is good practice for?  Joining the PSI.