Nine South Korean construction workers returned home Tuesday
after their kidnapping last week by Nigerian militants.
The South Koreans, who had been held hostage three days in
Nigeria, arrived at Incheon International Airport afternoon on a
flight from Frankfurt, Germany.
The workers employed by South Korea's Daewoo Engineering and
Construction Co. were kidnapped along with one Nigerian worker last
Wednesday when a group of some 50 unidentified militants attacked
their construction site in the oil-rich state of Bayelsa in
southern Nigeria. They were released safely on last Saturday.
Families of the workers and officials from Daewoo and the
Foreign Ministry, including Vice Foreign Minister Kim Ho-young,
greeted them at the airport.
The South Korean government denied any negotiations for the
release of the workers as the government has a policy of no
negotiation with terrorists or kidnappers.
(Xinhua News Agency January 16, 2007)
