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China, India and Thailand largest precious metal traders with N. Korea: UN Comtrade
PRC's trade in precious metals amounted to a quarter of a billion dollars since 2006
U.S. Senate passes North Korea, Iran, Russia sanctions bill
New measures would target North Korea's finances, overseas labor, and shipping
Chinese imports of North Korean coal remain at zero in June
Without revenues from coal, the DPRK's trade balance continues to push into the negative
Despite suspension reports, N. Korean gasoline imports increase in June
North Korean tanker fleet went quiet later in the month
U.S. House of Representatives passes new bill on Russia, Iran, DPRK sanctions
North Korea legislation added to the bill in earlier in July, already passed the House in May
U.S. Missile Defense Agency confirms another upcoming THAAD test
The test is the second in July, has different designation to its predecessors
U.S. State Department confirms travel ban to North Korea
The ban will come into force 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register next week
Latvia fines two banks for circumventing N. Korea sanctions
The Latvian watchdog worked with the FBI and the U.S. Department of Treasury
North Korea imported record numbers of laptops, tablets in 2016
Imports of foreign made desktop computers, however, continued to dwindle
U.S. State Department confirms return of seized N. Korean package
KCNA yesterday claimed the package was returned along with an apology from Washington
