North Korea sanctions: Philippines to seize cargo ship

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Source: BBC

The Philippines says it has seized a North Korean ship in line with tightened UN sanctions targeting the country's nuclear programme.

Deputy presidential spokesman Manolo Quezon said the Philippines "has to do its part to enforce the sanctions".

The Jin Teng is one of 31 ships operated by North Korean firm Ocean Maritime Management, which is subject to an asset freeze and sanctions.

It is currently docked in Subic Bay and is unloading palm kernels.

New UN sanctions were imposed after North Korea's recent nuclear and ballistic missile tests.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35735263

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1. "Pyongyang reacted to Wednesday's sanctions by firing six short-range missiles into the sea."

They hit the ocean because their palm kernels were hijacked.

Just trying to understand.

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2. Since 70% of the earth is covered in water...

it is a target that N. Korea can actually hit

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3. North Korea?

“I worry very, very much about an isolated country. That's what makes me nervous. Russia lives in the world. China lives in the world. North Korea is a very, very strange country because it is so isolated, and I do feel that a nation with nuclear weapons… they have got to be dealt with,” he said, adding that leaning on China would do the trick.--Bernie Sanders
https://www.rt.com/usa/331363-hillary-bernie-debate-foreign-policy/

For Clinton, it was apparently Russia that deserved the “greatest threat” designation, judging by the time she spent talking about it. She lamented Russia’s support of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government, which the US wants to topple, and “pressure” from the Kremlin on US allies in Europe.