North Korea demands return of detained cargo ship 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseNorth Korea on Tuesday demanded the return of a cargo ship seized by Washington last week for violating international sanctions, calling it an “illegal act of robbery”. “The United States carried out an illegal act of robbery by seizing our cargo ship citing UN Security Council sanctions resolutions,” the spokesman said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). “The US must realise the consequence of its gangster-like actions… and must return our ship without delay,” the statement added. The announcement of the US seizure of the vessel came as tensions rose over Pyongyang’s test launches of short-range missiles last week.

Source: Manila Bulletin May 14, 2019 04:30 UTC