SEOUL: North Korea called the US seizure of a North Korean cargo ship involved in banned coal exports a “robbery” and demanded that the vessel be returned immediately.
The North’s official Korean Central News Agency, or KCNA, carried a statement by an unnamed foreign ministry spokesperson who accused the United States of betraying the spirit of a summit agreement last June between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump.
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