The coal shipments are"largely in view of Chinese authorities," Byrne said."There's plenty of coastal radar, early warning radar, coast guard vessels and law enforcement vessels in the area. You couldn't sail big vessels into Chinese territorial waters without them knowing."
Last year's U.N. report described how the North Koreans engaged in identify theft on the high seas, using a blacklisted vessel as an imposter for a similar ship thousands of miles away. For the import of refined oil and the export of coal, North Korea has adopted an increasingly bold stance, taking fewer precautions to hide their operations and using larger ships.
North Korea also has relied on individuals and ships based in Taiwan for its oil smuggling operations, according to Lucas Kuo of C4ADS, a non-profit that analyzes data on international security issues. Last year, the Treasury Department blacklisted a network of three Taiwanese companies, a Taiwan-based oil tanker and two Taiwanese nationals for allegedly breaching U.N. Security Council sanctions.
"They've pulled out all the stops to export as much sand as possible. It's quite lucrative given the huge demand," Watts said.
KimJungUn introduces new dance as others take notes.
Poor country, Chinese also illegally mass catch fishs in N.Korean's sea area. Many fish men in N.Korea starving because they can't catch enough fishes. Chinese always overdose everything.
Wait... is that KJU jogging?
It is advantageous to China to keep North Korea going. They own them anyway. It’s a perfect deterrent for the West.
What happened to the love birds
We as a world should donate clean energy technology to help the North Korean people from the horrible conditions forced on them by their unelected cult leader. They are not the villains, the North Korean people are VICTIMS. We do NOT victim-blame in this household.
How will this effect us? O it wont so why report on it.
And they will continue to do so because no nation really wants to effectively go toe to toe with China.
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