South Korea seizes second ship in oil supply row
Seoul 31 Dec (ANA) - South Korean authorities have seized a second ship suspected of supplying oil to North Korea in violation of international sanctions, officials say. The Panama-flagged tanker, which is named Koti, is being held at a port near the western city of Pyeongtaek. South Korea has already impounded a Hong Kong-registered ship it suspects of secretly transferring 600 tonnes of refined oil to a North Korean vessel. The UN imposed sanctions on the North in response to its weapons programme. The latest vessel seized, which has a mostly Chinese and Burmese crew, is a 5,100-tonne oil carrier, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported.  
South Korea revealed on Friday that it was holding the Hong Kong-registered Lighthouse Winmore.
That ship entered Yeosu port in South Korea on 11 October to load up with refined oil and left for Taiwan four days later. But instead of going to Taiwan it transferred the oil to a North Korean ship and three other vessels in international waters on 19 October, South Korean officials were quoted as saying. The Lighthouse Winmore was seized when it returned to Yeosu in November and remains in South Korea.(ANA)
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