The North Korean-flagged cargo ship Chong Chon Gang is pictured in Fort Sherman Bay, a former U.S. base, on the outskirts of Colon city November 27, 2013. REUTERS/ Carlos Jasso
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama is freeing most of the 35 North Korean crew members it detained more than four months ago for smuggling Cuban weapons aboard a ship, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
Tomas Cabal, head of the anti-terrorism section of Panama's Foreign Ministry, said 32 of the crew of the Chong Chon Gang would be freed and should leave the country by Thursday.
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