US Navy 'stopped North Korean vessel bound for Burma'

[The Northerner]

A US warship intercepted and halted a North Korean vessel that was bound for Burma and was suspected of carrying missile technology, US media report.

The USS McCampbell caught up with the cargo vessel on 26 May, the New York Times quoted US officials as saying.

The destroyer approached the M/V Light and asked to board, but the North Koreans refused. The ship turned round and returned home a few days later.

Associated Press said the White House confirmed the substance of the story.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13747912

[Scuba]

1. We've been in Korea for 60 years. It's working out pretty well ....

...for South Korea, not so much for the citizens of either North Korea or the US.

[indepat]

2. Surely all niceties of international law were rigorously observed before

stopping a vessel on the high seas, just as the US would surely demand of others. :patriot: