SOUTH CHINA SEA: N. Korean ship turns back
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SOUTH CHINA SEA
N. Korean ship turns back
U.S. officials said Tuesday that a North Korean ship has turned around and is headed back toward the north where it came from, after being tracked for more than a week by U.S. Navy vessels on suspicion of carrying illegal weapons.
The ship left the North Korean port of Nampo on June 17 and is the first vessel monitored under UN sanctions that ban the regime from selling arms and nuclear-related material.
The Navy has been watching it — at times following it from a distance. It traveled south and southwest for more than a week; then, on Sunday, it turned around and headed back north, two U.S. officials said on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence.
Officials said they still don’t know where the ship is going. But it was about 250 miles south of Hong Kong on Tuesday, one official said.
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