Turning to some other news for a moment,... Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon confirmed on Saturday that all three South Koreans kidnapped by pirates in waters off western Africa have been released safe and sound.
The South Koreans were abducted in waters off Ghana's coast on March 26th by an unidentified group of pirates while they were fishing.
Negotiations began as soon as word got out that the crew members had been taken hostage.
No further details about the circumstances of their release were made public.
The crewmen will be moved to a South Korean warship dispatched to the area to help rescue them.
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