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South Korea seizes second ship suspected of selling oil to North Korea
Fox News ^ | December 31, 2017 | Greg Norman

Posted on 12/31/2017 1:05:21 PM PST by jazusamo

South Korea announced Sunday that it has seized another ship suspected of violating U.N. sanctions by selling oil to North Korea at sea – this time a Panama-flagged one.

The announcement Sunday came just days after South Korea said it is holding the crew of a Hong Kong-flagged ship that allegedly handed over oil to a North Korean vessel in October.

The 5,100-ton ship, named the KOTI, is being held in the western port of Pyeongtaek-Dangjin, maritime officials told Yonhap News Agency on Sunday.

One official said the vessel has been blocked from departing the port since Dec. 21. The KOTI’s crew are mostly from China and Burma, other officials added, declining to elaborate further on an ongoing investigation.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; koti; northkorea; oiltanker; seized; ship; southkorea; un; unsanctions
Good for South Korea.
1 posted on 12/31/2017 1:05:21 PM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Has the little fat boy been screaming “act of war” yet?


2 posted on 12/31/2017 1:08:15 PM PST by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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To: jazusamo

I can live with this.

Prayers for the protection of those going after this nutjob.


3 posted on 12/31/2017 1:09:54 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: Sasparilla

If that turkey isn’t screaming “act of war” I’d bet he’s screaming about something.


4 posted on 12/31/2017 1:11:17 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: metmom

Can’t they stop them before unloading?

Spread the word. If you sell NK oil we will take your ship away for good. Every third one will we sink. We have 2 now.


5 posted on 12/31/2017 1:12:27 PM PST by oldasrocks (rump)
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To: oldasrocks
Every third one will we sink.

Seems like selling the ship and using the money for further enforcement would make more sense.

Unless of course you meant sinking it with the violating crew still on board.

6 posted on 12/31/2017 1:20:57 PM PST by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again.)
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To: oldasrocks

I like the way you think.


7 posted on 12/31/2017 1:38:30 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: jazusamo

I say send them a few tankers of contaminated fuel.
Titanium infused aviation fuel does a nifty job on jet engines.
Or just let them pump off several thousand tons of raw sewage.....


8 posted on 12/31/2017 1:46:49 PM PST by Daniel Ramsey (Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best)
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To: jazusamo

North Korea is the monkey of the Chinese organ grinder.


9 posted on 12/31/2017 1:48:40 PM PST by Vehmgericht ( stop)
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To: jazusamo

The ship sold the oil? I doubt it.


10 posted on 12/31/2017 1:56:35 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: oldasrocks
Every third one will we sink.

Stupid.

If we start sinking their's, they will start sinking ours. And I don't mean just NK, I mean their allies, like Russia.

11 posted on 12/31/2017 2:10:46 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: jazusamo

Good to see more than talk. I still want to know why (1) US dependents and citizens are not being brought home (mark my words, if hostilities do erupt, Trump will be directly and rightfully blamed for every civilian American death because they could have been brought home), and (2) why we have not shut down or throttled trade with China, Russia, and India, North Korea’s three largest trading partners.


12 posted on 12/31/2017 2:26:00 PM PST by Reno89519 (PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
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To: Daniel Ramsey

That’s not a bad idea; I’m sure somebody is working on it.


13 posted on 12/31/2017 4:02:43 PM PST by MSF BU (Support the troops: Join Them.)
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To: jazusamo

Take the crews off the ships and sell the ships.


14 posted on 12/31/2017 4:09:49 PM PST by stockpirate (Give Peas a Chance)
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To: Steely Tom

Bring it on.


15 posted on 12/31/2017 6:13:01 PM PST by myerson
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