News: North Korea threatens Mexico Over Detained Ship

LoKoPaNdA

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(Reuters) - North Korea accused Mexico on Wednesday of illegally detaining one of its ships with some 50 crew and warned it would take "necessary measures" to release the vessel, which United Nations sanctions monitors say belongs to a blacklisted shipping firm.

The 6,700-tonne freighter Mu Du Bong, which had come from Cuba, ran aground in July on a reef 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Tuxpan in Mexico's Veracruz state. Mexico said the ship remains in the port of Tuxpan.

North Korea's Deputy UN Ambassador An Myong Hun told a small news conference on Wednesday that the Mu Du Bong was not linked to the blacklisted firm, Ocean Maritime Management Company, and therefore not subject to U.N. sanctions.

He said North Korea, officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), had paid an undisclosed sum to Mexico for damages to the reef where the ship had run aground and now the ship and its crew should be released.

"This ship is totally a peaceful and legitimate commercial ship which sails under the direction of the Ministry of Land and Sea Transportation," An said. "The detention of Mu Du Bong is a rampant violation of the dignified sovereignty of the DPRK."

"We will take necessary measures to make the ship leave immediately," he added.

However, Hugh Griffiths, coordinator of the U.N. panel of experts that monitors sanctions violations, said there was evidence to prove the Mu Du Bong belonged to the Ocean Maritime Management Company more "than any other vessel on the high seas."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0MZ21T20150408

LoKoPaNdA

I don't think Mexico is afraid, the US has its back plus NK is all talk. That ship not only carried illegal weapons (based on the UN sanctions against NK) but also damaged a reef and honestly how can money be used to repair such a delicate ecosystem like a reef. They should be patient and just wait for the ship, what was it doing there anyway?

LovingYourCareer

They just are messy as ATRL.

MP2K

ch bye.

LuLuDrops

Send Carmelita: Guardias!

James Maslow

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Originally posted by LuLuDrops

Send Carmelita: Guardias!

Mess.

Trent W

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Originally posted by LovingYourCareer

They just are messy as ATRL.

Their Government is practically full of atrl members

Kleine

RomanNavy

Lol all they do is talk. Time they try something so we can wipe them off the map