Wait did I miss the thread!?...North Korea says "YOLO!"

[Hood Critic]

Tensions rise between China, North Korea over boat held hostage - latimes.com

BEIJING -- A Chinese fishing boat was seized by armed North Koreans who are demanding a ransom of nearly $100,000 for the release of the ship and 16 Chinese crew members.

The Chinese Communist Party's Global Times newspaper suggested in Monday's editions that the capture of the boat might have been in retaliation for Chinese support of U.N. sanctions on North Korea.

The ship, known as Liaoning Ship No. 25222, was seized May 5 while fishing off the coast of the eastern city of Dalian, but the incident was not publicized due to ongoing negotiations with the captors.

The boat's owner, Yu Xuejun, who is based in Dalian, has been posting increasing desperate messages on a microblog account since Saturday. On Monday morning, he wrote that a deadline had been set for 5 p.m. Monday and that he had spoken by telephone to the captain.

"My captain called me. His voice was shaking. I can feel that he is really scared. ... I fear our crew has been tortured. I can’t imagine what the North Koreans will do. Everybody please help us," Yu wrote.

In an earlier message, Yu described the North Koreans as armed and with a very "aggressive attitude." He said that his ship had been fishing in Chinese waters and that there was no legal reason for its seizure.

TL;DR version: NK holds Chinese fishing boat hostage for the equivalent of $100K ransom.

Desperation move? Could Lil Kim not even be involved in the decision? All in all bad for business for NK, pissing off the one country between them and hellfire missiles on top of drone strikes.

 

[the cac mamba]

if north korea ends up pissin off china

 

[Dooby]

Good news.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

 

[porque]

In the past, there have been numerous incidents in which Chinese fishing boats have been captured in the Bohai Sea, a northern inlet of the Yellow Sea, raising the possibility that financially desperate North Koreans are engaging in Somalia-style piracy to raise money.

not necessarily the government behind it

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

Ive been hearing about tension between NK and China. Basically that seems to be the reason Lil Kim has fell back.

 

[Rice N Beans]

He could easily free the country, be a hero, and have non fatty sex with attractive women but nah, you wanna keep everyone under your thumb.