Despite ongoing investigations into sanctions-violating DPRK coal imports, South Korean ports are still allowing vessels owned by UN-designated companies to use their facilities.

Even though the vessel themselves are not sanctioned, an apparently-overlooked paragraph from 2016’s Resolution 2270 states vessels owned by sanctioned companies should be prohibited from non-DPRK ports.

The Belize-flagged Xin Yang 688 left South Korea’s Pohang Port on Monday before traveling southwards on course for Busan, though seemingly disappeared from tracking systems a short distance from the South Korean coast.

Satellite imagery also indicates the vessel stopped at a terminal capable