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U.S. seizes large North Korean ship used to transport coal ('I'm with you?) - SteveG - 05-09-2019
Trump says Kim Jong Un 'knows that I am with him' after North Korea fires tactical guided weapons
If Trump steers the bus all over the road, how is he going to throw someone under it?
U.S. seizes large North Korean ship used to transport coal
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/09/north-korea-ship-seized-1314012
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says it has seized a North Korean cargo ship that U.S. officials say was used to transport coal in violation of international sanctions.
The Justice Department announced the seizure Thursday of the Wise Honest. The ship was detained by Indonesia last month with two dozen crew members on board.
U.S. officials say payments for maintenance and equipment for the ship were made unwittingly in American dollars through U.S. banks.
The announcement was made at a time of tension between the two countries.
It came hours after North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles in its second weapons launch in five days.
The launch is a possible sign that nuclear disarmament talks with the U.S. could be in danger.
Re: U.S. seizes large North Korean ship used to transport coal ('I'm with you?) - deckeda - 05-09-2019
Perhaps we’ll later learn what any of that means.
Payments by whom? What does ship maintenance have to do with anything? How does someone make payments regarding an ocean-going vessel and not know where from or to the banks?
Why can’t a ship decide if it’s wise or honest? Was the name Happy Smart taken?
Re: U.S. seizes large North Korean ship used to transport coal ('I'm with you?) - DeusxMac - 05-09-2019
The Trump administration says it has seized a North Korean cargo ship...
The ship was detained by Indonesia...
Re: U.S. seizes large North Korean ship used to transport coal ('I'm with you?) - btfc - 05-09-2019
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-seizes-north-korean-coal-ship-accuses-pyongyang-of-violating-sanctions/2019/05/09/8fc50d86-726e-11e9-8be0-ca575670e91c_story.html?noredirect=on
Re: U.S. seizes large North Korean ship used to transport coal ('I'm with you?) - deckeda - 05-09-2019
Thanks for the link, btfc.
Maybe now we can get us some of the sweet, sweet coal we were all promised.