Russia detained three North Korean vessels and more than 200 crew on Friday in t...
MOSCOW - Russia detained three North Korean vessels and more than 200 crew on Friday in the second such incident in two weeks as part of a clampdown on poaching by the secretive nation’s fishermen.
Border guards impounded the vessels and detained 262 crew members, Interfax news agency said, in waters off Russian’s far eastern coast that Moscow considers its exclusive economic zone. The border guards could be seen boarding the vessels in body armor in footage released by the Federal Security Service.
Its crop production this year is expected to drop to its lowest in five years, bringing serious shortages to 40% of the population, the United Nations said last week.
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