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December 11, 2002: North Korea Discovered Shipping Scud Missiles to Yemen; US Outraged

2002-12-11

The US is outraged to learn that North Korean-made Scud ballistic missiles are found aboard a ship bound for Yemen. The US initially detains the ship, but is later forced to release it and concede that neither North Korea nor Yemen had broken any laws. [BBC, 12/2007]