SEOUL: A South Korean ship is being held at a domestic port over suspicions that it illegally provided oil to heavily sanctioned North Korea, Seoul officials said.
A South Korean coast guard official said yesterday that the 5,160-tonne P-Pioneer had been prevented from leaving Busan port since October last year over allegations that it was used to supply oil to North Korea through two ship-to-ship transfers in September 2017 in international waters in the East China Sea.
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