North Korea continues coal exports to China despite sanctions
North Korea exported about 3.7m tonnes of coal last year, with most of those deliveries headed for China, despite UN sanctions. Out of these, an estimated 2.8m tonnes, were conducted via ship-to-ship transfers to Chinese barges
The US has reported that between January 1 and October 31 last year, Pyongyang exceeded its United Nations-imposed cap on annual imports of refined petroleum