Are Sanctions Against North Korea Starting To Bite?

The Kang Nam I cargo ship docks at the port in Yangon, Myanmar, in 2007. The North Korean ship tracked by the US Navy and suspected of transporting weapons or military know-how in violation of UN sanctions has turned around, a Pentagon official said. (AFP/File/Khin Maung Win)

North Korea Suspect Ship Has Turned Around: US Official -- Yahoo News/AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A North Korean ship tracked by the US Navy and suspected of transporting weapons or military know-how in violation of UN sanctions has turned around, a Pentagon official said.

The official declined to provide details, including where the Kang Nam 1 ship -- reportedly originally bound for Myanmar -- could now be headed, but news reports out of South Korea suggested the ship may be returning home two weeks after it set sail June 17.

A diplomatic source speaking on condition of anonymity told the Korea Herald that the ship was "near our waters," which could suggest that sanctions were having an effect on reclusive North Korea.

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My Comment: This story is getting stranger by the day. A North Korean ship goes out to the high seas ... carrying a cargo of who knows what .... spends two weeks on the high seas .... and is now going back to North Korea.

Does this make sense to you?