North Korea’s sanctioned coal and mineral exports have rebounded amid an absence of United Nations oversight, sustained by forced labour and a shipping network that runs through China and Russia, a Seoul-based human rights group said on Tuesday.
The Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR), in a report with British research group Data Desk, alleges the trade has accelerated since March 2024, when Russia vetoed the renewal of the independent UN panel that monitored Pyongyang’s sanctions compliance.
North Korea’s sanctioned coal trade rebounds as UN monitoring lapses
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