North Korean trade with Thailand has continued so far this year, despite a statement from Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha in December last year claiming there was “no commerce” between the two countries.

Some of Thailand’s registered imports from the DPRK in recent months also include small quantities of iron products, which likely push against UN resolutions governing North Korea’s exports of raw materials to other countries.

Speaking at the height of Washington’s maximum pressure campaign last year, the Thai Prime Minister tried to reassure visiting U.S. officials that his country