The US has seized a North Korean freight ship carrying coal in violation of US and UN sanctions, the justice department said on Thursday, only hours after South Korean officials reported that Pyongyang had fired two “projectiles”.
The 17,000-ton bulk carrier ship, registered in North Korea as the Wise Honest, was being used to illicitly ship coal from North Korea and deliver heavy machinery back to the country, according to the US justice department.
The justice department asked a federal judge on Thursday to allow the US to take ownership of the vessel, which is in US custody.
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