N Korea seizes boat from South

NORTH Korean authorities seized a South Korean fishing boat yesterday in waters off the divided peninsula’s eastern coast, the South’s coast guard said amid heightened tensions over the sinking of a southern navy ship.

Four South Korean and three Chinese fishermen were questioned yesterday for an alleged violation of the North’s exclusive economic zone, South Korea’s coast guard said in a statement. It said the fishing boat was being taken toward the North Korea’s eastern port of Songjin.

South Korea called on the North to quickly return the fishing boat and its crew.