It’s time we saw economic sanctions for what they really are – war crimes | The Independent

It’s time we saw economic sanctions for what they really are – war crimes | The Independent: The first pathetic pieces of wreckage from North Korean fishing boats known as “ghost ships” to be found this year are washing up on the coast of northern Japan. These are the storm-battered remains of fragile wooden boats with unreliable engines in which North Korean fishermen go far out to sea in the middle of winter in a desperate search for fish.