North Korean ship crew fights off Somali pirates with improvised fire bombsSeptember 15th, 2009 North Korean ship fights off Somali piratesKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Somali pirates tried but failed to hijack a North Korean cargo ship when crew members fought back with molotov cocktails and sped away, a maritime official said Tuesday. Separately, other Somali pirates released a Greek-managed ship with 22 Filipino crewmen after five months in captivity, officials in the Philippines said.
N.Korean ship's cargo to be off-loaded for inspectionAugust 23rd, 2009 KAKINADA - The cargo on board the suspect North Korean vessel MV Mu San will be off loaded here on Sunday and searched for any suspect material onboard. Sources said central security agencies and nuclear scientists will conduct a thorough investigation to check if the ship is carrying any radioactive and nuclear material.
South Korean president meets Pyongyang delegationAugust 23rd, 2009 SEOUL - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak held talks with a visiting North Korean delegation here Sunday amid Pyongyang's latest conciliatory moves that show signs of easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, media reports said. A high-level North Korean delegation arrived here Friday to pay their last respect to late former South Korean president Kim Dae-jung who died recently.
India raises scope for cooperation with US by frisking N.Korean freighterAugust 21st, 2009 SONEPAT - By taking the bull by the horns and not releasing the North Korean ship nearly two weeks after it was seized, New Delhi has opened new possibilities for cooperation with Washington and also sent unmistakable signals to hostile proliferation racketeers and intelligence agencies not to snoop around its waters, says an academic. According to Sreeram Chaulia, an associate professor of world politics at the Jindal Global Law School in Sonepat, Haryana, though the Mu San has been cleared of any weapons of mass destruction, India's naval sentinels are still puzzled why one of its detained crew was a North Korean government agent.
No nuke materials on detained North Korean ship, says scientistsAugust 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two nuclear scientists who have conducted a preliminary investigation of the seized North Koran ship MV Mu San, have said the vessel does not contain any trace of chemical, biological, radioactive or nuclear materials. The Kalpakam Nuclear Power Station scientists conducted the preliminary investigations at Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Seized North Korean ship moved to Andhra Coast for interrogationAugust 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The seized North Korean ship MV Mu San is being brought to Kakinada port in Andhra Pradesh where central security agencies and nuclear scientists will carry out an extensive search of the vessel. The MV Mu San was intercepted off the Andaman and Nicobar coast while awaiting clearance to proceed to Iraq.
North Korean ship had no business to be in Indian waters: Sureesh MehtaAugust 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI/PORT BLAIR - India on Saturday said that the North Korean cargo ship, which illegally entered its territorial waters, had "no business" to be there even as its captain today claim to have done so following some mechanical problems. Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta in the national capital said that M V San "had no business" to be in Indian waters and that the maritime security agencies had fears that it could be carrying nuclear components.
Source: Suspected N. Korean weapons ship changes course after days under eye of US NavyJune 30th, 2009 Source: North Korean ship now going the other wayWASHINGTON — A U.S. official says a North Korean ship has turned around and is headed back the way it came, after being tracked for days by American vessels on suspicion it was carrying illicit weapons.
UN ambassador says US keeping close tabs on suspected North Korean arms shipJune 28th, 2009 UN ambassador: US closely monitoring NKorean shipWASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says the U.S.
Pentagon: No decision yet whether to contact, request boarding of North Korean shipJune 24th, 2009 Pentagon: No decision yet on North Korean shipWASHINGTON — The U.S. and its allies have not decided whether to contact and request inspection of a suspected North Korean arms ship that the U.S.
McCain says US should board NKorean ship if evidence points to a cargo of elicit materialsJune 21st, 2009 McCain favors boarding NKorean shipWASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain says the U.S.
US military tracking ship from NKorea that may be carrying illicit weapons, officials sayJune 19th, 2009 Officials: US tracking suspicious ship from NKoreaWASHINGTON — The U.S. military is tracking a ship from North Korea that may be carrying illicit weapons, the first vessel monitored under tougher new United Nations rules meant to rein in and punish the communist government following a nuclear test, officials said Thursday.
US tracking North Korean ship suspected of carrying nukes, missilesJune 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US military is tracking a flagged North Korean ship suspected of proliferating weapons material, in violation of a UN Security Council resolution passed last Friday. A ship named Kang Nam left a port in North Korea on Wednesday, and could be carrying missile parts or nuclear materials.
Source: US military watching North Korean ship, first under new UN nonproliferation effortJune 18th, 2009 Source: Military watching suspicious NKorea shipWASHINGTON — The U.S. military is tracking a ship from North Korea that may be carrying illicit weapons, the first vessel monitored under tougher new United Nations rules meant to rein in and punish the communist government following a nuclear test, officials said Thursday.
Suspicious Sri Lanka turns down aid from British Tamil shipJune 9th, 2009 LONDON - A ship carrying aid from British Tamils has been rejected by the Sri Lankan authorities, who suspected it to contain logistical equipment for the Tamil Tigers. Sri Lankan military has ordered Syrian-registered ship, The Captain Ali, to leave the island without distributing its cargo.
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