What: SAHYOG- HYEOBLYEOG
Who: India and South Korea
When: April 5, 2018
- Indian and South Korean Coast Guard on April 5, 2018 jointly conducted anti-piracy, search and rescue exercise ‘SAHYOG- HYEOBLYEOG 2018.
- The exercise was conducted off the Chennai coast.
- The Korean Coast Guard ship ‘BADARO’ took part in the exercise. Indian Coast Guard deployed a Dornier aircraft to carry out sea-air coordinated search along with ICG Shaurya, Rani Abbakka, C-423, C-431 in the exercise.
- During the exercise, ships of the Indian Coast Guard and the Korean vessel undertook tactical manoeuvres and drills to counter piracy and carry out maritime law enforcement tasks off Chennai coast.
- The mission of the joint exercise was to develop working level co-operation and enhance inter-operability in the fields of maritime search and rescue, anti-piracy operations.