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Japan to boost inspections of NKorean ships.
(From Agence France Presse)
Japan is considering beefing up inspections of all North Korean ships that visit its docks in order to check Pyongyang's suspected drug smuggling and missile parts trade.
Ministries and agencies will hold a meeting soon to discuss measures to monitor North Korean ships, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported Sunday, quoting government sources.
About 1,400 North Korean ships visit Japanese ports annually.
A major cargo-passenger ship, Man Gyong Bong 92, is to dock at the Japanese port of Niigata on June 9.
Suspicion is growing that North Korean ships visiting Japan are engaged in smuggling narcotics into the country and illegally purchasing components for missile development from Japanese firms.
Yomiuri said Japan would increase X-ray inspections on North Korean cargo ships and strengthen inspection by the coast guard and ...
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- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire August 9, 2003 700+ words
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- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire August 27, 2003 700+ words
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- N. Korea trying to draw fire from Man Gyong Bong.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 7, 2003 700+ words
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- N. Korean ship faces recheck / Man Gyong Bong's next port.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire August 28, 2003 700+ words
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- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire July 31, 2003 700+ words
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- Government eyeing law to block Man Gyong Bong 92.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire May 27, 2003 700+ words
...Government eyeing law to block Man Gyong Bong 92 Yomiuri Public security...up security measures when the North Korean ship Man Gyong Bong 92 calls at Niigata next...said. When the ship--which a North Korean defector says was used to transport...
- Govt to inspect Man Gyong Bong 92.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire May 29, 2003 700+ words
...Yomiuri) Govt to inspect Man Gyong Bong 92 Yomiuri The Construction...PSC) inspection of the North Korean cargo-passenger ship Man Gyong Bong 92, when it docks at...last conducted PSC on the Man Gyong Bong, which was relatively...
- Man Gyong Bong-92 cleared to dock Tuesday.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 26, 2003 700+ words
...Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Man Gyong Bong-92 cleared to dock...permission Thursday morning for the North Korean cargo-passenger ship Man Gyong Bong-92 to dock and use...freight from North Korea. The Man Gyong Bong will return to North...
- Security high for Man Gyong Bong call.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire June 8, 2003 700+ words
...Security high for Man Gyong Bong call Yomiuri...planned entry of North Korean cargo-passenger ship Man Gyong Bong-92 into Niigata...the entry of the North Korean ship began arriving...as if to warn the Man Gyong Bong's crew not...
- Cheers, jeers greet Man Gyong Bong-92.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire August 26, 2003 700+ words
...Shimbun NIIGATA-Cheering Koreans and loud protesters were on hand Monday for the arrival of the North Korean passenger-cargo ship Man Gyong Bong-92 About 100 Korean nationals waved banners with slogans in hangul proclaiming honor for their...