US-North Korean tensions have heightened after Pyongyang held weapons drills and the collapse of the Hanoi summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. SEOUL: North Korea has demanded the United Nations take "urgent measures" to help return a cargo ship taken by the United States, calling the seizure a "heinous" act. "This act of dispossession has clearly indicated that the United States is indeed a gangster country that does not care at all about international laws," the letter said. The North Korean representative asked Guterres to "take urgent measures as a way of contributing to the stability of the Korean peninsula and proving the impartiality of the UN". Earlier this week, Pyongyang had slammed the seizure as an "outright denial" of the spirit of a statement signed by Kim and Trump at their first summit in Singapore last year.

Source: Bangkok Post May 18, 2019 06:46 UTC