Foreign-Flagged Ships Evading N. Korean Sanctions, Says U.S.; Matter Goes To Security Council

The U.S. government has called on the United Nations to blacklist 10 ships that allegedly violated sanctions against North Korea, reports Wall Street Journal.

U.S. officials made the request to the Security Council on Tuesday.

The ships, which include vessels from Hong Kong, Panama, Togo and North Korea, reportedly tried to evade sanctions by transferring banned material to and from North Korean ships at sea, according to the Voice of America News. In one case, two ships...