US Will Not Use Force To Inspect NKorean Ship

In this photo taken on Thursday, June 25, 2009, and released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, North Korean participants gather at a rally at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. Tens of thousands of North Koreans shouted slogans to denounce international sanctions at a rally in central Pyongyang on Thursday, as the communist country vowed to enlarge its atomic arsenal and warned of a "fire shower of nuclear retaliation" in the event of a U.S. attack. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

From AP:

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States will not use force to inspect a North Korean ship suspected of carrying banned goods, an American official was quoted as saying Friday.

An American destroyer has been shadowing the North Korean freighter sailing off China's coast, possibly on its way to Myanmar.

Defense Undersecretary Michele Flournoy met with South Korean officials in Seoul on Friday as the U.S. sought international support for aggressively enforcing a U.N. sanctions resolution aimed at punishing Pyongyang for its second nuclear test last month. The North Korean-flagged ship, Kang Nam 1, is the first to be tracked under the U.N. resolution.

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Update: U.S. is tracking a number of North Korean vessels -- Joong Ang Daily

My Comment: If this is the case .... why are we following their ships? What's the point?