South Korean sailors kidnapped in Africa released

Three South Korean sailors kidnapped in seas off Ghana last month have been released safely, Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said Saturday.

"All the three sailors were freed safely," Lee said on Facebook.

The captain, engineer and mate of the 500-ton Marine 711 were hijacked by unidentified pirates on March 26.

The sailors will be moved to Munmu the Great, a South Korean warship dispatched to the area to help rescue them, he said. (Yonhap)