The World - News from Oct. 9, 1986
South Korea and Japan were attempting to verify reports that Soviet naval vessels seized a South Korean fishing boat carrying 26 people off southeastern Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost main island. South Korean authorities reported that the 295-ton boat was fishing for cuttlefish when it was boarded by Soviet sailors.
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