Seoul, May 25 (IANS) The foreign ministry os South Korea on Monday said it has pressed Israel to conduct a thorough investigation into claims by two South Korean activists that they were assaulted by Israeli forces after being detained aboard aid vessels bound for the Gaza Strip.The ministry said it called in the deputy Israeli ambassador to South Korea to its office on Saturday and conveyed its concerns over those allegations, Yonhap news agency reported.The two activists, Kim Ah-hyun and Kim D…
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Seoul, May 21 (IANS) Israel has released two South Korean nationals captured while heading for the Gaza Strip aboard humanitarian aid vessels, the South Korean presidential office said Thursday, welcoming their release.Presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung announced their release at a press briefing a day after the Lina Al Nabulsi, carrying South Korean activist Kim Ah-hyun and Korean American activist Jonathan Victor Lee, was intercepted by the Israeli military in waters near the Gaza Strip.Tw…
Seoul, May 20 (IANS) Israeli forces have seized another humanitarian aid flotilla, carrying two activists from a South Korean civic group, headed for the Gaza Strip, the group said Wednesday.The Lina Al Nabulsi, carrying South Korean activist Kim Ah-hyun and Korean American activist Jonathan Victor Lee, was confirmed to have been intercepted by the Israeli military in waters near the Gaza Strip at 2:50 a.m. Wednesday (Seoul time), according to the Korean Flotilla for a Free Palestine.The capture…