A North Korean cargo ship that's been anchored in American Samoa's Pago Pago harbour for four months has been sold for scrap metal.
Wise Honest in Pago Pago, American Samoa Photo: Fili Sagapolutele / RNZ Pacific
The Wise Honest was seized by the US and towed to the territory, apparently for violating UN sanctions against North Korea.
The Coast Guard said the ship had been bought for scrap metal and a tug boat had arrived to tow it away from American Samoa to an unspecified location.
The American Samoa government has received $US46,000 in Port and Service fees imposed on the seized North Korean cargo vessel Wise Honest.
American Samoa Senator Sauletufuga Pita Suiaunoa is concerned at the continued presence of a North Korean freighter, Wise Honest, in the territory.
North Korea has asked the United Nations Secretary-General to deal with what it calls the "illegal" seizure of one of its cargo ships which is currently in American Samoa.
The American Samoa Port Administration is charging the usual port fees on the seized North Korean cargo ship which arrived in Pago Pago last weekend.
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