11.   Escorted by navy patrol ships, South Korean ferries also resumed operations.

12.   Hundreds of Newfoundlanders gave seven Canadian patrol ships a hearty welcome Monday after several tense weeks confronting Spanish trawlers in the Northwest Atlantic.

13.   In April, official media accused the Thai navy of killing two Vietnamese crew members aboard a coastal patrol ship.

14.   In May, a Philippine naval patrol ship chased three Chinese fishing boats.

15.   In Madrid, a government spokesman said Spain was sending a navy patrol ship to accompany the Spanish fleet in the Grand Banks waters off Newfoundland.

16.   In the past year, North Korean patrol ships have violated South Korean waters several times.

17.   It was the second sinking of a Chinese fishing boat involving a Philippine patrol ship in two months.

18.   Last week a Philippine navy patrol ship hit a Chinese fishing boat in a disputed area, sinking it.

19.   Later Wednesday night, a North Korean patrol ship crossed into South Korean waters in the Yellow Sea off the west coast, the ministry said.

20.   Northern patrol ships briefly enter southern waters.