Sanctions
Information related to sanctions developments
Timeline: From North Korea’s missile launch over Japan to US-ROK military drills
NK Pro timeline charts the key events from October 1 - October 31
Italian firm wins UN sanctions exemption for DPRK food security project
AESA previously received an exemption in 2019 to provide ‘technical support’ to Europe’s Food Security Office
North Korea ‘covertly’ supplying artillery to Russia: State Department
Pyongyang previously denied claims it was exporting arms to Russia but maintained it had ‘lawful right’ to do so
Risk assessment: The possible outcomes of Yoon Suk-yeol’s North Korea policy
‘Audacious plan’ appears an effort to kick the can down the road, but Seoul could face major problems before then
Egypt’s Orascom to receive loan worth $80M from North Korea cell network
Firm behind Koryolink has struggled to make money from the project or transfer funds outside the DPRK
US blacklists man who tried to buy North Korean weapons for ISIS terrorists
Attempt was unsuccessful Treasury says, as expert tells NK News that ‘even Pyongyang’ has limits to who it deals with
New photos give first look inside renovated Japanese luxury store in Pyongyang
Exclusive images show South Korean clothes and Japanese electronics on sale in possible violation of UN sanctions
Australian warship embarks on North Korea sanctions mission: Canberra
HMAS Arunta’s deployment part of efforts to surveil vessels that help DPRK to smuggle coal, oil and other goods
Taiwanese man sentenced to prison for smuggling 3K tons of oil to North Korea
Huang Wang Ken faces year behind bars after court says he ‘seriously damaged’ Taiwan’s reputation with 2018 oil transfer
China’s reaction to a seventh North Korean nuke test won’t be like the first six
Beijing may still oppose DPRK nuclear weapons, but intensifying competition with US has altered its strategic calculus