Kidnapping in Nigeria

(BREAKING NEWS) Nine Korean construction workers for Daewoo Engineering and Construction have been kidnapped by armed men in southern Nigeria.

This entry was written by Robert Koehler, posted on January 10, 2007 at 4:38 pm, filed under Asides, South Korea. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

9 Comments

  1. SomeguyinKorea your flag
    Posted January 11, 2007 at 10:00 am | Permalink

    I hope they are released quickly.

    Isn’t it the second or third time that Korean workers at Nigerian oil fields have been kidnapped? I seem to remember that an engineer had been kidnapped about a year or so ago.

  2. The Goat your flag
    Posted January 11, 2007 at 10:07 am | Permalink

    That’s why the oil companies pay the big bucks to those willing go there and work - danger pay. My brother-in-law’s friend recently turned down a gig in Nigeria (BIG pay) out of concern for his safety.

    The nationality of those abducted is of no concern I am sure.

    Hope all ends well.

  3. railwaycharm your flag
    Posted January 11, 2007 at 1:16 pm | Permalink

    I am surprised the Nigerians down in Itaewon are not running scared. They will be selling less beads and wooden elephants once the word gets out.

  4. railwaycharm your flag
    Posted January 11, 2007 at 1:19 pm | Permalink

    Isn’t it the second or third time that Korean workers at Nigerian oil fields have been kidnapped? I seem to remember that an engineer had been kidnapped about a year or so ago.

    It is a catch and release program. They teach them to carve wooden elephants and send them to Pyongyang to hawk them. It is a victimless crime.

  5. estebanko your flag
    Posted January 11, 2007 at 1:27 pm | Permalink

    I really don’t mean to start any flame wars but I think you are completely out of line here railwaycharm. I just wonder if you’d be talking the same way if one of those were someone you loved.

  6. JiMong your flag
    Posted January 11, 2007 at 1:27 pm | Permalink

    Hope they return home safely, ASAP.

  7. railwaycharm your flag
    Posted January 11, 2007 at 1:49 pm | Permalink

    I really don’t mean to start any flame wars but I think you are completely out of line here railwaycharm. I just wonder if you’d be talking the same way if one of those were someone you loved.

    Good point. I admit it was a cheap joke.

  8. Zonath your flag
    Posted January 13, 2007 at 6:26 am | Permalink

    Looks like Nigerian kidnappers practice the capture and release method.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200.....oil_unrest

    Good thing they weren’t killed, because if they had been, there would be protests in Seoul blaming the US for it. :P

  9. railwaycharm your flag
    Posted January 13, 2007 at 11:12 am | Permalink

    I can’t touch this; I am in the sensitivity penalty box.

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