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Heavy ice chills North Korean coal exports, but oil imports hold steady: Imagery
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Heavy ice chills North Korean coal exports, but oil imports hold steady: Imagery

Overall traffic at Nampho fuel depots appears to dip in winter as sea navigation becomes more challenging

Heavy ice chills North Korean coal exports, but oil imports hold steady: Imagery
Ethan Jewell
Ethan Jewell April 4, 2022
North Korea’s largest port sees unusual uptick in ship broadcasts

North Korea’s largest port sees unusual uptick in ship broadcasts

DPRK-linked ships rarely reveal their locations so openly in order to conceal illicit activities

North Korea’s largest port sees unusual uptick in ship broadcasts
Ethan Jewell
Ethan Jewell March 30, 2022
North Korea-linked oil tanker awaits fate at South Korean scrapyard
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North Korea-linked oil tanker awaits fate at South Korean scrapyard

Shun Fa tanker implicated in smuggling rings set to be scrapped, after ROK authorities detained it in Busan last year

North Korea-linked oil tanker awaits fate at South Korean scrapyard
Ethan Jewell
Ethan Jewell March 22, 2022
China’s Omicron surge shows risk of North Korea’s own zero-COVID strategy

China’s Omicron surge shows risk of North Korea’s own zero-COVID strategy

Experts expect tighter border controls, warning virulent variant would wreak havoc on DPRK’s unvaccinated population

China’s Omicron surge shows risk of North Korea’s own zero-COVID strategy
Bryan Betts
Bryan Betts March 16, 2022
Ghost ship: North Korean fishing trawler presumed scrapped returns from the dead

Ghost ship: North Korean fishing trawler presumed scrapped returns from the dead

DPRK television broadcast footage of Sam Chon Li 1 more than three years after it vanished from ship-tracking systems

Ghost ship: North Korean fishing trawler presumed scrapped returns from the dead
Ethan Jewell
Ethan Jewell March 7, 2022
Hong Kong companies paid $45 million for oil delivered to North Korea: Report

Hong Kong companies paid $45 million for oil delivered to North Korea: Report

Evidence from UN Panel of Experts report ties payments to Taiwanese firm allegedly linked to major oil trader

Hong Kong companies paid $45 million for oil delivered to North Korea: Report
Ethan Jewell
Ethan Jewell March 1, 2022
Seoul-based middleman suspected of transferring ship to North Korea: UN report
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Seoul-based middleman suspected of transferring ship to North Korea: UN report

Oil tanker acquired around the same time Pyongyang appeared to accelerate smuggling operations in May 2021

Seoul-based middleman suspected of transferring ship to North Korea: UN report
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer February 24, 2022
Coal, ships and steel: New Hong Kong company flouts DPRK sanctions, report says
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Coal, ships and steel: New Hong Kong company flouts DPRK sanctions, report says

Firm’s murky origins and alleged dealings fit the bill of Pyongyang’s usual cast of overseas collaborators

Coal, ships and steel: New Hong Kong company flouts DPRK sanctions, report says
Ethan Jewell
Ethan Jewell February 22, 2022
North Korea continues to export sanctioned coal, import Chinese humanitarian aid

North Korea continues to export sanctioned coal, import Chinese humanitarian aid

UN draft report suggests several ships sent coal to China in exchange for aid cargos during second year of pandemic

North Korea continues to export sanctioned coal, import Chinese humanitarian aid
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll February 21, 2022
The China connection: North Korea’s nuclear operations in the Middle Kingdom
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The China connection: North Korea’s nuclear operations in the Middle Kingdom

Recent missile tests underscore the importance of North Korea's procurement and proliferation networks in China

The China connection: North Korea’s nuclear operations in the Middle Kingdom
Gary Somerville | James Byrne February 14, 2022
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