USS PUEBLO Wonsan, North Korea 1995

CNN's Mike Chinoy is first western reporter to be allowed to visit PUEBLO in Wonsan on Korea's East Coast. The North Koreans had PUEBLO towed to the Taedong River at Pyongyang on the West Coast during "negotiations" with the Clinton Administration concerning their nuclear activities.

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[w1zk]

The ship was moved through International waters from Wonsan around the Korean penninsula to the Taedong River at Pyongang in the mid 1990s. It has remained docked at Pyongyang ever since.

[notredamehesamighty]

These violations of international law will continue unless there is a response in kind. It's really quite simple: shoot back and the shooting will stop.

[BobLiskey]

If NK wants to improve relations with the USG it ought to show intent by releasing USS PUEBLO. I would like to see the USS PUEBLO docked next to USS MIDWAY in SAN DIEGO as a memorial to the crew of the USS PUEBLO and others who undertake covert missions on behalf of the USG.

[DRD064]

Worse than the capture of the USS Pueblo on Jan. 23, 1968 was the shootdown of a US Navy EC-121 recon airplane by a No. Korean MiG-17 on Apr. 15, 1969. This US aircraft was 90 nautical miles (167 kilometers or 104 miles) off the No. Korean coast and in international air space. 31 US servicemen were killed. The United States did not retaliate; however, US reconnaissance flights resumed within one week of the incident and the reconnaissance and monitoring of No. Korea continued unabated.

[DRD064]

Worse than the capture of the USS Pueblo on Jan. 23, 1968 was the shootdown of the US Navy EC-121 reconnaissance by a No. Korean MiG-17 on Apr. 15, 1969. This airplane was 90 nautical miles (167 kilometers or 104 miles) off the No. Korean coast and in international air space. 31 US servicemen were killed. And the United States did not retaliate; however, US reconnaissance flights resumed within one week of the incident and the reconnaissance and monitoring of No. Korea continued unabated.

[Magni56]

...it does say a lot about a country if they have to make a big deal out of capturing a lightly armed spy ship, and acting like it's a glorious military achievement.

Of course, we're talking about the same country that claims to have sunk USS Baltimore (CA-68) during the Korean War, despite the fact that Baltimore was never engaged in combat in Korea and was in fact thousands of miles away, being decommissioned at the time.

[TermaOsEdo]

The only Superpower is the United people's strength!! Solidarity to DPRK!!

[TermaOsEdo]

@w1zk "International waters" No shit! realy? USA is innocent!! I knew it!!! I knew it!!!!

[TomthatiscalledTom]

They keep moving the Pueblo back and forth between Wonsan and the capital Pyongyang, where I visited it in 2003. That time it was anchored in the River Taedong. Either they had moved it overland using some kind of heavy transport vehicle or sailed it around the entire Korean peninsula in disguise because to get from Pyongyang to Wonsan, you must go thru South Korean waters