Two North Korea linked vessels recently removed from a UN sanctions list resumed operations this week, the NK Pro ship tracker shows.

One of the vessels – previously known as the Dawnlight – now has a North Korean flag and is called “Kosan”, according to vessel tracking data provided by Marine Traffic.

The UN Security Council (UNSC) originally added 31 vessels to a blacklist as part of UN Resolution 2270 passed in March last year, but ten have since been removed.

The Dawnlight’s delisting is puzzling given the ship’s longstanding ties to some of the