A Singapore operated chemical carrier has been released by Somali pirates but the master and three other South Korean seafarers face continued detention.

The 30,000-dwt Gemini (built 1986) was released 215 days after it was hijacked but only 21 of the 25 crew are free.

Gemini
Pirates had threatened to use the still detained crewmen from the Gemini to bargain for compensation for the death of comrades killed by the South Korean navy during an attack that successfully retook the 19,900-dwt products carrier Samho