These pirates should just ignore the North Korean ships, anyway. They probably would not get huge ransoms, if any at all. And unlike the American and European ships, they're armed. But I guess the pirates already learned their lesson.

NK left out something. The full story about that 2007 incident:


US ship helps North Korea vessel crew overpower Somali pirates
Oct 30, 2007

MOGADISHU (AFP) — The US Navy helped the crew of a North Korean cargo vessel regain control of their freighter in a violent struggle Tuesday after it was captured by pirates off Mogadishu port, it said.

At least two attackers died in the clashes and five were captured, while three of the 22-strong crew of the MV Dai Hong Dan crew were seriously injured, the Bahrain-based US Naval Forces Central Command said.

The USS James E. Williams responded after the Kuala Lumpur-based International Maritime Bureau passed on a distress signal from the North Korean ship following its seizure by pirates overnight Monday.

"Three seriously injured crew members have been transferred to the James E. Williams for treatment," the statement said.

"Initial reports from the crew are that five pirates were captured and two are dead. The pirates remain aboard the Dai Hong Dan."

The North Korean ship was headed to the Somali port of Aden with casualties on board, said Andrew Mwangura, head of the Kenya chapter of the Seafarers' Assistance Programme.

Earlier Ali Gabow Jillo, the Mogadishu trader who had contracted the vessel, told AFP that the US Navy had helped it regain control.

Oh man, that's unbelievable.

No, it's horrible. We voluntarily helped them and look at what we got in return.

A missile.

When are we going to learn????

I dont' think the US so much "helped" them overpower the pirates, it sounds more like they showed up after it was over and took on some injured pirates.

But check out this latest incident!

The Somali Pirates Hijack A North Korean Icebreaker
14 April 2009
THE INDIAN OCEAN - The Somali Pirates angry as the dickens after their loss to the United States Navy Seals have just announced that they have hijacked an icebreaker that is leased to the North Korean government.

Kim Jong il, chairman of the North Korean National Defense Commission, has reportedly sent a message to the pirates that they had better release the Icebreaker, The NKS Rice Paddy and her crew of 19,342 sailors or risk having the North Korean Air Force launch its one remaining missile at their lifeboat.

North Korea has stated that they are still highly embarrassed about their satellite missile/big bottle rocket that they fired and which limped over Japan and landed in the Pacific Ocean, killing 14 sardines, 17 tilapia, 45 guppies, and an aged porpoise.

Kim Jong il said that his country was the laughing stock nation of the week last week, but not this week.

He firmly stated that if the pirates do not release The NKS Rice Paddy soon, then North Korea will have no choice but to top off her rocket's fuel tank, light the fuse, and fire that baby off.

When informed that the pirates ransom demands only include 20 bags of rice, a used sampan, a used rickshaw, a used water buffalo leash, and $18, Kim Jong il replied, "It's the principle of the thing. And besides the price of used water buffalo leashes has skyrocketed in the last month to almost 400 percent."
http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i51263

I thought that was real untill "the NKS Rice Paddy"