Yemen’s\u00a0 Houthi rebels released three vessels and 16 people they had seized, South Korea’s foreign ministry and a Houthi military source said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The seizure on Sunday \u00a0was the latest incident at sea around Yemen, where Saudi Arabia is leading a Western-backed coalition of Arab states against the Houthis, who control the capital and most population centres.<\/p>\n
Of the vessels freed on Tuesday, two were South Korean \u00a0and one was Saudi Arabia-flagged, the South Korean foreign ministry said in a statement, adding the families of two South Koreans among the crew had been notified.<\/p>\n
“The three ships were released after the necessary legal measures,” the Houthi military source in Yemen told Reuters news agency, adding all crew were also freed.<\/p>\n
On Twitter, Hussein al-Azzi, the Houthi deputy foreign minister, said the release resulted from friendly ties between Seoul and Sanaa, the Yemeni capital the Houthis overran in 2014.<\/p>\n
A Houthi investigation found the ships entered Yemeni waters because of bad weather,\u00a0al-Azzi\u00a0added. Earlier, the Houthi coastguard said the vessels entered Yemeni waters without permission.<\/p>\n
The Houthis said they would release the captured vessels if they proved to be South Korean, after it seized a rig being towed by a Saudi-flagged tugboat in the southern part of the Red Sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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