DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: North Korea recently put a captured American ship on display, calling a symbol of U.S. aggression.</s>BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: The ship is the USS Pueblo. CNN's Rebecca MacKinnon has more now from North Korea.</s>REBECCA MACKINNON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They call it a trophy in the struggle against U.S. imperialism. On the Taedong River in the North Korean capital sits a new tourist attraction: the USS Pueblo, a United States Naval intelligence ship captured near the North Korean coast in 1968. Each bullet hole from the struggle to capture the ship is proudly circled in red. A documentary tells the North Korean version of what happened on that cold January day, 15 years after the Korean War ended, when 82 U.S. sailors were brought on shore, accused of having entered North Korean territorial waters. After 11 months of captivity, anti-U.S. photo-ops, and what survivors say were forced confessions, the crew was released in return for what North Korea called an official apology. (on camera): Despite a slight thaw in relations between Washington and Pyongyang in recent months, the fact that the USS Pueblo has been brought here for anti-U.S. education is a symbol of how wary North Korea remains of U.S. intentions. "Every year the U.S. imperialists lead military drills against us," says the officer now in charge of the Pueblo. "They should withdraw their army from South Korea." More than 30 years may have passed since the crew of the Pueblo and the remains of their fallen comrade Duane Hodges crossed the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, and went home. But North Korean authorities have no plans to stop using the USS Pueblo as a reminder the United States is out to get them. Rebecca MacKinnon, CNN, Pyongyang, North Korea.
North Korea Places Captured U.S. Ship on Display as 'Symbol of U.S. Aggression'