[Straight Vermonter]

North Korean spy ship, fleeing after delivering smuggled drugs into Japan for foreign currency.

So was it a spy ship or a drug runner? There is a big difference.

[AmericanInTokyo]

The crew were trained as spies, who also carry out drug export programs crafted by North Korean leadership. Their interlocutors in Japan are members of the Chosen Soren North Korean underground spy community. A mixture of both.

[Cultural Jihad]

So was it a spy ship or a drug runner? There is a big difference.

As with most things in the news, time will tell. Did you read the BBC article?

[MindBender26]

There is no evidence of drug delivery.

[tje]

So was it a spy ship or a drug runner? There is a big difference.

Maybe in our eyes, but maybe in the eyes of the Japanese, they don't belabor the difference. Might go a long ways into getting other countries to police their own people a little more closely.

[Redcloak]

It's likely that she was both a spy ship and a drug runner. DPRK is desparate for hard currency. It wouldn't be a surprise if they started using these intelligence ships for smuggling in an attempt to raise money.

[Revelation 911]

So was it a spy ship or a drug runner? There is a big difference.

both are fair targets in my book

[null and void]

So was it a spy ship or a drug runner? There is a big difference.

The asian theater has a long tradition of using drugs to destabilize governments...