Militants hijack South Korean ship

Armed men believed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf group have hijacked a South Korean vessel off the island of Tawi-Tawi in the southern Philippines seizing its two crew members, a spokesman for the Philippine military said on Friday. Army Major Filemon Tan of the Western Mindanao Command, said in a statement that the South Korean vessel was hijacked off Bongao, in Tawi-Tawi on Thursday by 10 armed men aboard a speedboat.