October 22, 2019 1:36 PM

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US wins ownership of North Korean vessel

<span style="color: #222222;">The United States Justice Department said, that the United States has been awarded ownership of a North Korean cargo ship that was seized for violating international sanctions. The court ordered the vessel to be forfeited to the US government and for the Treasury Department to dispose of it.<br />''<br />''The Wise Honest, one of the largest cargo ships in North Korea's fleet, was caught carrying a three million US Dollar shipment of coal, got in Indonesia in April 2018 and seized by the US a year later.<br />''<br />''The seizure came with nuclear talks deadlocked since the collapse of the second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi last February. </span><br />

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