Pirates in the seas of Somalia, a headache for international law

The South Korean warship Yung Choi received a signal by the alarm at 5 am local time in the mirror of the Indian Ocean between the coasts of Somalia, those of Yemen and the Oman. The message came from the South Korean cargo ship Hanjin Tianjin, from 75 000 tonnes, allegedly attacked by pirates. Not even three hours later, in the same area of sea, 600 kilometers south east of Oman and 550 Yemeni island of Socotra, another boat suffered the same fate.