North Korea demands US return seized cargo ship

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Tuesday called the U.S. seizure of a North Korean cargo ship involved in banned coal exports a “robbery” and demanded that the vessel be returned immediately.

The North’s official Korean Central News Agency carried a statement by an unnamed Foreign Ministry spokesman who accused the United States of betraying the spirit of a summit agreement last June between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump calling for a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and improved bilateral ties.

Before the U.S. seized the cargo ship, the vessel, named the Wise Honest, had first been detained by Indonesia in April 2018 while transporting a large amount of coal. North Korea is banned from exporting coal under U.N. sanctions. End of sentence: Former Rep. Anthony Weiner left a New York City halfway house Tuesday after completing his prison sentence for illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl.

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