North Korean ship named in sanctions report sinks near Japan’s west coast



News North Korean ship named in sanctions report sinks near Japan’s west coast The vessel appears to have been carrying iron banned for sale by UN sanctions Min Chao Choy \| Won-Gi Jung May 24, 2021 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON NK Pro (file photo) \| A DPRK ship on the Dandong-Sinuiju border in 2017 A sanctioned North Korean-flagged ship carrying 6,500 tons of iron sank in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) last Saturday on May 22. The DPRK-flagged Chong Bong sent a distress signal to Japan’s 8th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters due to “flooding of its freight storage” at 10:55 pm local time on May 21, according to Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato on Monday. The freighter sank approximately 50 kilometers northeast of Dogojima island, Kato said during a press conference. NK Pro confirmed with the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) on Monday that the Chong Bong sank at 2:32 pm Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments 02How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos 03What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities 04Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump. 05All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two 06Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024 07Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way 08How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine 09New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads 10How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins

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North Korean ship named in sanctions report sinks near Japan’s west coast

The vessel appears to have been carrying iron banned for sale by UN sanctions

Min Chao Choy | Won-Gi Jung May 24, 2021

North Korean ship named in sanctions report sinks near Japan’s west coast

NK Pro (file photo) | A DPRK ship on the Dandong-Sinuiju border in 2017

A sanctioned North Korean-flagged ship carrying 6,500 tons of iron sank in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) last Saturday on May 22.

The DPRK-flagged Chong Bong sent a distress signal to Japan’s 8th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters due to “flooding of its freight storage” at 10:55 pm local time on May 21, according to Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato on Monday.

The freighter sank approximately 50 kilometers northeast of Dogojima island, Kato said during a press conference.

NK Pro confirmed with the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) on Monday that the Chong Bong sank at 2:32 pm

01How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments
02How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos
03What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities
04Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump.
05All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two
06Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024
07Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way
08How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine
09New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads
10How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins

North Korean ship named in sanctions report sinks near Japan’s west coast

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