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Leo Byrne

Leo Byrne

Leo Byrne was the Data and Analytic Director at NK News. Follow him on twitter.

News

U.S. conducts “critical” missile defense test of GMD system

System designed to intercept long-range threats from North Korea and Iran

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneMarch 25, 2019
News

Russia increased fuel shipments to North Korea in 2018, data reveals

Despite restrictions, refined petroleum exports almost three times higher in value terms

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneMarch 25, 2019
News

UN sanctioned ship appears in France, though could be evidence of ‘spoofing’

A vessel on the UN's blacklist is unlikely to have sailed from Asia to Europe

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneMarch 22, 2019
News

Trump announces rollback of new “large scale sanctions” on North Korea

But the U.S. President did not specify which designations were being withdrawn

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneMarch 22, 2019
Analysis

How North Korea might be financing its trade deficit with China

Pyongyang has a number of ways it could be cooking the books

News

OFAC designates two Chinese companies for North Korea trade

U.S. Treasury and Coast Guard also update advisory on the DPRK's illicit maritime practices

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneMarch 21, 2019
News

North Korea upgrades capacity at Nampho container terminal

Imagery taken last month shows new equipment at all-important transport hub

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneMarch 21, 2019
News

North Korean imports of Chinese fertilizer soared in 2018: data

Shipments were the highest since 2011, though cereal imports remained constant

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneMarch 20, 2019
News

UN PoE identified DPRK-linked company still sending vessels to South Korea

The panel identified "Liberty Shipping as the operator of other designated vessels as well as DPRK-flagged ships"

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneMarch 19, 2019
News

China continued imports of sanctioned iron, steel from North Korea in 2018

Though exports of designated materials fell substantially

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneMarch 14, 2019
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