Shipping
Information related to shipping in and around the DPRK
How COVID-19 and drought shaped North Korea’s priorities at latest party plenum
Leadership signaled focus on agriculture and construction as it deals with effects of long-term trade shutdown
‘Nobody would want’ US nuclear weapons in South Korea: ROK defense minister
Lee Jong-sup’s statement comes as US, South Korea and Japan meet in Singapore to discuss North Korean threats
Singaporean man to be jailed for obstructing North Korea sanctions investigation
Manfred Low Cheng Jin to serve 15-week sentence in victory for city-state’s case against Yuk Tung Energy
North Korean jets sent to China may have been cargo planes, imagery suggests
New satellite imagery shows movement of 3 Air Koryo cargo planes, possibly to Shenyang airport on Monday
Chinese ship makes first known voyage to DPRK, flaunting maritime conventions
Voyage marks rare appearance of a foreign-flagged ship outside a North Korean port since start of COVID-19 pandemic
North Korea and China suspend rail trade amid COVID-19 concerns
Reversal comes just months after China and North Korea agreed to restart rail freight to bolster bilateral trade
What if North Korea’s vessels become significantly harder to track?
China’s data privacy laws and friction with the West may soon make ship tracking information hard to come by in Asia
Australian company to pay $6 million in connection to years-long sanctions case
North Korea sanctions violated thousands of times by Toll Holdings, Ltd., US Treasury says
One of North Korea’s largest cargo ships unloads illicit coal in China: Imagery
Apparent delivery comes as North Korea’s primary seaport sees increased activity in recent weeks
Ship enters key North Korean port after unusually short quarantine period
Likely DPRK vessel spent just a week outside Nampho, suggesting policy change or special shipment ahead of holiday