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U.S. Cracks Down on North Korean Oil Imports With New Sanctions
- UN ‘vastly underrepresents’ imports to Pyongyang, U.S. says
- Taiwan- and Hong Kong-based shipping companies sanctioned
Korean People's Army soldiers walk before statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang.
Photographer: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images
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The U.S. cracked down on illicit North Korean oil imports, sanctioning a handful of Taiwan- and Hong Kong-based companies for helping Pyongyang evade international restrictions on its petroleum trade.
The Treasury Department said in a statement on Friday that North Korea has continued to use ship-to-ship transfers at sea to evade United Nations restrictions on its oil imports. Treasury also alleged that North Korea has received deliveries of refined petroleum directly from ships flagged under other countries, and said those countries hadn’t reported the deliveries to the UN.