North Korean authorities have handed over dozens of Chinese trucks and farm machines to local groups in recent weeks, in a move that has spotlighted domestic production issues and raised the possibility that the “modern” vehicles were recently imported from China in violation of U.N. sanctions.

State media reported on two ceremonies in March and April celebrating the “gifts” from DPRK leader Kim Jong Un to his favorite greenhouse farm and from the ruling party to Pyongyang officials. The reports didn’t advertise the Chinese origin of the vehicles but also didn’t claim they were