VLADIVOSTOK (Sputnik) — On Saturday, reports emerged that North Korea’s coast guard had detained the Elfin, a Russian yacht with a crew of five, in the Sea of Japan. The crew members were athletes from Russia’s Far Eastern Primorsky Territory.
The following day, Yuri Bochkarev, Russia's Consul General in Chongjin, North Korea, met with the administration of North Hamyong Province's Department for External Relations over the Elfin yacht's detention. According to him, the North Korean government explained that the detention of the vessel had been the result of a misunderstanding.
"[The yacht is] en route to Vladivostok. It will arrive tomorrow approximately. We do not know its speed yet, it's a rough guess," Yana Konoplitskaya told RIA Novosti.
