North Korea ratifies wreck removal treaty

North Korea ratifies wreck removal treaty

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has ratified the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks. This brings the total number of states to accede to the treaty to 35. The convention, which entered into...
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North Korea crisis: Pope urges international mediation

North Korea crisis: Pope urges international mediation

(BBC) Pope Francis has called for international mediation to ease rising tensions between the US and North Korea over Pyongyang’s nuclear activity. The pontiff suggested that Norway, for example, was “always ready to help”. He warned the cris...
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