Will N Korea Declare War On S'pore Over Nuclear Cargo Ship?
-
http://www.austinnews.net/story/509889
Austin News Net, 19 Jun 2009
Singapore government threatens action against North Korean vessel
The Singapore government has warned North Korea that it will take action if one of their ships, supposedly being chased by the US Navy, is carrying nuclear weapons.
The ship had supposedly been in international waters, where it encountered the US ships.
It started to head for Singapore while trying to shake of its pursuers.
The North Korean flagged ship is called Kang Nam 1.
News reports have said the US Navy will continue to monitor the ship under new UN sanctions that seek to prevent Pyongyang from exporting weapons.
----------------------------------http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7015537964
AHN, 18 Jun 2009
U.S. Tracking North Korean Ship, May Carry Banned Cargo
Melvin Baker - AHN Reporter
Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The U.S. military is tracking a North Korean ship suspected of carrying banned weapons or technology.
U.S. military sources said the ship, the Kang Nam, left a North Korean port on Wednesday. It is currently in international waters off the coast of China and is believed to be headed to Singapore.
The ship is believed to have transported such cargo as missile parts and nuclear technology in the past. It is of interest to defence officials now because a recent United Nations resolution banned the Communist country from trading in such material and authorized naval powers to request permission to search the ship.
North Korea has warned that any attempt to stop its ships would be considered an act of war.
An alternative action, according to unnamed military sources, would be to track the ship until heads to a port to refuel, and then ask that country not to allow refueling.
-----------------------------
More on Singapore News Alternative:
1. Singapore government threatens action against North Korean vessel
2. Asia's Sorry Human Rights Record
3. Nestle issues massive cookie dough recall, E.coli fears
4. Iran students in Singapore protest presidential election
5. Singapore Airlines to Cut Pilot, Management Salaries
6. Citi says not responsible for Singapore client's loss
7. NOL says Taiwan unit staff among graft indictees
Latest videos added:
1. Al Jazeera's Listening Post
2. 'Assassination plot' in N Korea power struggle
3. Peter Schiff's Vlog Report - 18 Jun 2009
4. Singapore's First Bloggers Flash Mob
. -
This is scary... imagine singapore having war...
i will be the first to fly to london to escape from war :D
-
heh. It's good that Singapore, being as small as it is, can actually have the confidence to threaten NK...all thanks to 42years of training of our people.
-
wah, judging from this post, NK seems to think that they own the world uh?
-
Originally posted by ---Max---:
This is scary... imagine singapore having war...
i will be the first to fly to london to escape from war :D
14 years old loser go london?
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAH
-
It will jail any of our people who attempt to go North Korea for a guided tour to at least 14 years of hard labour.
-
AT LAST !!!MY WAR!!!I WELCOME THE NORTH KOREAN SHIP INTO SINGAPORE!BUYT BEFORE THE RSN CAN REACH RTHEM...I WOULD HAVE BOARDED THE SZHIP N SUNK IT!
-
I DREAM OF MAKING WAR WITH NORTH KOREA!!!AT LAST OUR LONG AWAITED DREAMS OF WAGING WAR HAS ARRIVED!!!
I TERMINATOR2000,REQUEST PERMISSION TO SINK NORTH KOREAN SHIP N INVADE NORTH KOREA!
-
WAR!!!WE NEED WAR!!!U ALL CAN DROP ME INTO PYONGYANG ALONE,,,,,,,,,,,,I I WILL PLANT THE SINGAPORE FLAG ON NORTH KOREANS LEADER'S CHEST!
U CAN ALL THANK ME LATER.
-
IS THERE ANY WEBSITE TO TRACK WHERE EXACTLY THE SHIP IS????I AM THRILLED BY THE THOUGHTS OF SINGAPORE INVADING NORTH KOREA!
-
Let me put it this way if the North Korea successfully fire a missile and land near Hawaii.....Do you think any ASEAN state can sit still? Not to mention that Singapore allow transiting of US Naval asset.
-
WAR!!!BRING EM ON!!!IM A WARMONGER!!!NORTH KOREA!.....SINGAPORE NEEDS U MORE THAN YOUR SHIP NEEDS BOMBS!
-
HOI!!!I DIN WAKE UP AT 5AM JUST FER NOTHING!!!SINK THAT SHIP!
-
but this is complicated. Singapore need to consider if boarding ship result in NK attack SK and Japan.
So it is not necessary a Singapore decision alone. I think it is more of a UN compliance that Singapore is not involved in this weapon transhipment.
-
JUST SINK IT N GET ON WITH THE REAL WAR!IM GETTING TOO OLD IF THEY KEEP ON THREATENING FROM 1955 TO 2010!I DUN WANNA FIGHT A WAR WHEN IM AN OLD MAN,,,,,I ALSO DUN WANNA HAVE ROUGH SEX AS AN OLD MAN TOO!
-
but i don't think Kang Nam will have enough fuel to reach here. So it looks like it will dock in China.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy is monitoring a North Korean ship at sea under new U.N. sanctions that bar Pyongyang from exporting weapons, including missile parts and nuclear materials, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
Officials said the vessel, called Kang Nam, is based in North Korea and became "a subject of interest" after leaving a North Korean port on Wednesday. They could not confirm media reports describing the vessel as North Korean flagged.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, could not say what the ship, now in international waters, might be carrying.
One official said the Kang Nam would be the first North Korean ship to be monitored under the authority of the U.N. sanctions adopted last week after Pyongyang raised tensions by test-firing missiles, restarting a plant to produce arms-grade plutonium and conducting a May 25 nuclear test.
The Navy and the Pentagon both declined to comment on the vessel.
The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution last Friday that banned all weapons exports from North Korea and most arms imports into the country. It authorized U.N. member states to inspect North Korean sea, air and land cargo, requiring them to seize and destroy shipped goods that violate the sanctions.
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, declined to discuss specifics when asked about the ship at a briefing on Thursday.
"I wouldn't go into any kind of details at this particular point in time, except to say that it's very clear that the resolution prohibits North Korea from shipping these kinds of materials ... from conventional weapons up to fissile material or nuclear weapons," Mullen said.
Mullen, the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. military, stressed the U.N. resolution would allow the Navy to search a ship only with permission.
If a vessel refused to allow a search, Mullen said the home country of any port where the vessel docks would be required to search its cargo.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the Obama administration was also concerned about the possibility of North Korea firing off more missiles, possibly in the direction of Hawaii.
"We're obviously watching the situation in the North with respect to missile launches very closely, and we do have some concerns if they were to launch a missile to the West in the direction of Hawaii," he said.
"Without telegraphing what we will do, I would just say we are in a good position -- should it become necessary -- to protect American territory."
Gates said he had directed the redeployment of anti-missile assets in the Pacific region, including advanced radar and other defensive systems capable of bringing down medium-range ballistic missiles as a precaution.
-
Originally posted by loki_chaos:
heh. It's good that Singapore, being as small as it is, can actually have the confidence to threaten NK...all thanks to 42years of training of our people.
Hello,Talk only, when come to the real one, all 42 years of training will be put on use on only one training, "How to retreat" or in layman term, how to run....
-
Originally posted by Arapahoe:
but i don't think Kang Nam will have enough fuel to reach here. So it looks like it will dock in China.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy is monitoring a North Korean ship at sea under new U.N. sanctions that bar Pyongyang from exporting weapons, including missile parts and nuclear materials, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
Officials said the vessel, called Kang Nam, is based in North Korea and became "a subject of interest" after leaving a North Korean port on Wednesday. They could not confirm media reports describing the vessel as North Korean flagged.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, could not say what the ship, now in international waters, might be carrying.
One official said the Kang Nam would be the first North Korean ship to be monitored under the authority of the U.N. sanctions adopted last week after Pyongyang raised tensions by test-firing missiles, restarting a plant to produce arms-grade plutonium and conducting a May 25 nuclear test.
The Navy and the Pentagon both declined to comment on the vessel.
The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution last Friday that banned all weapons exports from North Korea and most arms imports into the country. It authorized U.N. member states to inspect North Korean sea, air and land cargo, requiring them to seize and destroy shipped goods that violate the sanctions.
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, declined to discuss specifics when asked about the ship at a briefing on Thursday.
"I wouldn't go into any kind of details at this particular point in time, except to say that it's very clear that the resolution prohibits North Korea from shipping these kinds of materials ... from conventional weapons up to fissile material or nuclear weapons," Mullen said.
Mullen, the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. military, stressed the U.N. resolution would allow the Navy to search a ship only with permission.
If a vessel refused to allow a search, Mullen said the home country of any port where the vessel docks would be required to search its cargo.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the Obama administration was also concerned about the possibility of North Korea firing off more missiles, possibly in the direction of Hawaii.
"We're obviously watching the situation in the North with respect to missile launches very closely, and we do have some concerns if they were to launch a missile to the West in the direction of Hawaii," he said.
"Without telegraphing what we will do, I would just say we are in a good position -- should it become necessary -- to protect American territory."
Gates said he had directed the redeployment of anti-missile assets in the Pacific region, including advanced radar and other defensive systems capable of bringing down medium-range ballistic missiles as a precaution.
Sure it will not come here, u all simply do not understand about shipping lines, even if it enter singapore water, it may not be the same ship anymore, somewhere and somehow, the ship cargo will change hands, and KangNam will be an empty vessel upon the arrival of US navy. And once they got nothing, NK will be demanding US of A and the world of unfair and prejudice treatment.Singapore govt are very smart, they know that the ship will not come, thereby proudly threaten and warn NK just to show to the world and support USA.
-
Apparently this ship has docked in Singapore back in February 2003.
-
North Korean vessel carrying cash 1 Billion Euros ready to deposit in Singapore.
hahaha
-
i billion euros of kimchi and ginseng
-
The best of the best ur elites will gladly do anything to have an unlimited supply of. ;p
Come on.. its like me getting to eat batch n batch of turtle eggs while its supposedly banned, but delivered to you with official openness. hahaha
-
our elites prefer black penguin eggs
-
hahaha
They may just have an underground carpark full of it.
-
Originally posted by TERMINATOR2000:
AT LAST !!!MY WAR!!!I WELCOME THE NORTH KOREAN SHIP INTO SINGAPORE!BUYT BEFORE THE RSN CAN REACH RTHEM...I WOULD HAVE BOARDED THE SZHIP N SUNK IT!
dude. cool it. you need war, go play C&C generals...or day of defeat...or whichever suits you better. stop dreaming and using caps. you make yourself look so rude and rowdy.