Destruction of the Pong Su

Earlier today, the Australian Air Force destroyed the North Korean ship, Pong Su, made famous by its role as a drug running vessel. Recently, the North Korean crew were received 'not guilty' sentences, but the facts surrounding the vessel remain clear. The ship had anchored of shore in Australia where 150kg of heroin worth around $165 million was transfered to contacts waiting on shore. The heist was busted by Australian authorities and the cirmcutances of this case have proven to highlight illegal North Korean activities.

Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer: "North Korea has been involved in illicit drug trade. North Korea has been in-volved in illicit financial dealings and North Korea has been involved in the illicit trade in WMD (weapons of mass destruction) technology over quite some years."

The links have been a little too obvious and with the clearest of evidence implicating the North Korean government in the "Supernotes" scandal, few are going to take denials seriously. Downer further commented:

"It is appropriate that we publicly demonstrate our outrage at what has happened by sinking this ship,"

Well, at least there is one less drug ship in the North Korean merchant marine.