The US judge ordered the sale of scrap iron Wise Honest of North Korea to compensate the student family Otto Warmbier.

Coast guard in the American Samoa territory of the South Pacific allowed the Wise Honest to leave Pago Pago, the capital, on October 7 because it was sold for scrapping for scrap as ordered by federal judges in New York and Washington.

According to the ruling, the proceeds from the auction of the ship will be used to compensate the parents of Otto Warmbier, a US student who died in 2017 after being returned by the North in a vegetative state. The money was also used to pay for the relatives of pastor Kim Dong-shik, who was allegedly kidnapped by North Korean agents in China and executed in 2000.

The US Police Department is authorized to hold the auction and the winning bidder completes the procedures to repurchase the ship on September 12. US officials did not disclose the proceeds or the identity of the buyer in the auction.

Wise Honest was built in 1989, has a length of over 170 m and a tonnage of more than 17,000 tons. The ship was seized by Indonesia in 2018 on a false flag flag while carrying $ 3 million worth of coal.

Indonesian authorities handed over Korean cargo ships to the US in May. The United States accused North Korea's Songi Transportation Company, owner of Wise Honest, of using the ship to export coal and import heavy machinery. international sanctions.

North Korea called the Wise Honest arrest "an inhumane act and disrespect of international law" and "completely contrary to the spirit of the joint statement" by President Kim Jong-un and the President. Donald Trump signed in Singapore in June 2018.