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South Korean Destroyer Sets Sail for Overseas Mission

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Seoul, May 15 (IANS) A 4,400-tonne South Korean destroyer departed from a naval base in the southeastern city of Busan on Friday for rotational deployment in an overseas mission based off the Somali coast, the Navy said.The ROKS Wang Geon destroyer departed from Busan, about 330 kilometres southeast of Seoul, to serve in the Cheonghae unit, which is currently on an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast, Yonhap news agency reported.The Cheonghae unit’s current scope of oper…