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| A South Korean fishing boat has been towed away by a North Korean patrol boat off the peninsula's east coast, South Korean officials say. | A South Korean fishing boat has been towed away by a North Korean patrol boat off the peninsula's east coast, South Korean officials say. |
| The military says the ship may have strayed north of the maritime border due to a navigation system error. | The military says the ship may have strayed north of the maritime border due to a navigation system error. |
| The four-man crew had been fishing for squid at the time. | |
| The incident comes as relations between the rival North and South states are tense over the North's nuclear and missile programmes. | The incident comes as relations between the rival North and South states are tense over the North's nuclear and missile programmes. |
| An official, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press that South Korea had already asked the North to release the boat. | An official, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press that South Korea had already asked the North to release the boat. |
| The North had not yet responded to the request, he added. | The North had not yet responded to the request, he added. |
| "A 30-ton fishing boat was being towed by a North Korean patrol boat," an unnamed official was quoted as telling South Korea's Yonhap news agency. | "A 30-ton fishing boat was being towed by a North Korean patrol boat," an unnamed official was quoted as telling South Korea's Yonhap news agency. |
| "It is presumed that the fishing boat was sailing off its destined course because its GPS was out of order," he added. | "It is presumed that the fishing boat was sailing off its destined course because its GPS was out of order," he added. |
| A South Korean worker who was based at a joint industrial project has been held for almost four months by the North, accused of insulting its political system. | A South Korean worker who was based at a joint industrial project has been held for almost four months by the North, accused of insulting its political system. |
| Two US journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were seized along North Korea's border with China in March are also still being held. | Two US journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were seized along North Korea's border with China in March are also still being held. |
| A BBC correspondent in Seoul says that a South Korean boat that drifted into the North's waters in 2006 was returned after 18 days. |