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Article: Suspected North Korean weapons ship returns home.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- July 8, 2009
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Byline: Don Kirk Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
The quiet return to port of a small, aging North Korean freighter was almost lost beneath the waves of news reports about North Korea's cyberattack.
Analysts say that North Korea decided to call back the Kang Nam I - suspected to be laden with arms destined for Burma (Myanmar) - rather than risk inspection of its cargo while refueling in Hong Kong or Singapore or risk embarrassing its trading partner, Burma, upon arrival. The US destroyer John McCain had been closely tracking the cargo ship.
"With the publicity of the Kang Nam, I can easily imagine Myanmar authorities took a look ...