Posts Tagged With: pirates
Korean Company Providing Security for Shipping Companies Against Somali Pirates
» by GI Korea January 3rd, 2012 at 3:13 am » Comments (5)
I figured it was only a matter of time before merchant shipping companies turned towards private security contractors to provide security against Somali pirates: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="333" caption="An IntelEdge sea ...more »Korean Sailors Safe After Attempted Somali Hijacking
» by GI Korea April 23rd, 2011 at 5:16 pm » Comments (0)
I'm not sure how you "storm" a ship as the below article describes when you waited to make sure there was no pirates remaining on the ship?: About 16 suspected Somali ...more »Picture of the Day: Pirate Hunting
» by GI Korea April 10th, 2011 at 12:50 pm » Comments (19)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Sailors of the Cheonghae Naval Unit of South Korea, whose mission is to rescue South Korean vessels from attacks by Somali pirates, attend a departure ceremony ...more »Korean Fisherman Released By Somali Pirates Dies Mysteriously
» by GI Korea February 18th, 2011 at 8:21 am » Comments (0)
Well the story about the Korean fishing boat that was released without ransom by Somali pirates has just gotten even stranger: Just two days after lowering anchor at Mombasa, Kenya, on ...more »Released Korean Boat Captain Tells of Time With Somali Pirates
» by GI Korea February 16th, 2011 at 5:35 pm » Comments (1)
Here is some interesting feedback from a South Korean fishing boat captain that was recently released by Somali pirates: A South Korean ship captain held by Somali pirates for four months ...more »Picture of the Day: People Actually Fish Off This Ship?
» by GI Korea February 16th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (6)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="410" caption="A South Korean fishing vessel, the Geummi 305, which was recently freed after four months of seizure by Somali pirates, enters the Kenyan port of Mombasa ...more »Picture of the Day: Somali Pirate
» by GI Korea February 11th, 2011 at 12:46 pm » Comments (30)
Seen here is Arai Mahomed, a Somali pirate who is suspected of having shot Seok Hae-kyun, the captain of the rescued cargo ship Samho Jewelry, during a rescue ...more »Somali Pirates Arrive In Korea
» by GI Korea January 29th, 2011 at 11:41 pm » Comments (37)
The pirates that survived the ROK special forces rescue operation have now arrived in Seoul to be charged with their crimes: A local court on Sunday approved the arrest of five ...more »The Russian Solution to Somali Piracy
» by GI Korea May 14th, 2010 at 4:29 am » Comments (30)
So does anyone think the Somali pirates will ever target Russian ships?: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="213" caption="The Russian warship Marshal Shaposhnikov, pictured in 2003 during exercises in the Indian Ocean."][/caption] Ten pirates ...more »US Navy Dispatches Somali Pirates
» by GI Korea April 12th, 2010 at 8:32 am » Comments (5)
This is what more navies should be doing with these Somali pirates: People on a skiff shot at the USS Ashland approximately 330 nautical miles off the coast of Djibouti. The Ashland ...more »




