SKorea: Super tanker hijacked by Somali pirates, SKorean warship catches up

I have seen where they have hijacked only 2 other oil tankers bound for the US...

Peace

[link to www.terradaily.com]
S.Korean warship catches up with hijacked supertanker
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April 6, 2010
A South Korean warship has caught up with a supertanker hijacked by Somali pirates but is keeping its distance from the vessel for the sake of the crew's safety, officials said Tuesday.
The destroyer has tracked down the 300,000-tonne South Korean tanker Samho Dream, which is heading for Somali waters, a foreign ministry official said.

"At around 1:20 am (16:20 GMT Monday), the destroyer... arrived in waters where the Samho Dream was sailing and she is now operating near the tanker," he told reporters on condition of anonymity.

"The hijacked vessel is now moving towards Somalia."

A defence ministry official was quoted by Yonhap news agency as saying the warship was staying about 30 miles (50 kilometres) from the Samho Dream for fear of endangering its crew of five South Koreans and 19 Filipinos.

The tanker, carrying an undisclosed amount of crude oil, was seized Sunday on its way from Iraq to the US state of Louisiana.

Peace

They're gonna get tae-kwon-doed in the head!