North Korea has captured a South Korean fishing boat with seven crew members in the Sea of Japan, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported Sunday, according to dpa. There was information that the fishermen had been interrogated in North Korea, Yonhap said. A spokesman for the South Korean coast guard could only confirm that the boat had been reported missing. According to the reports, the boat had last sent a radio message from a joint fishing zone off the east coast of the Korean peninsula as it planned to return home. -- SPA
