MN Dem Shooting Suspect's Wife Has Been Detained. The Contents of Her Car...
Guess Which Network Became Totally Unglued Yesterday
Anything Bad for Iran Is Good for America and the World
Politico Report on Dems ‘Reclaiming’ the Stars & Stripes Is Such a Disaster...
Beheading the Snake at Both Ends
A Quick Bible Study Vol. 272: On Father’s Day, What the Bible Says...
A Silver Lining to the Orchestrated LA Riots
Flashback: Nancy Pelosi Slammed Dems for Not Securing Border in 2005
Iranians Have the 'Perfect Opportunity' to Overthrow Tyrannical Regime
Did You See What Was Featured Prominently As Jamie Raskin Spoke at 'No...
Utah 'No Kings' Protest Erupts in Shooting As Rioters Chant '86 47'
Flashback: This Governor Called in the National Guard to Deal With Illegal Aliens
MSNBC Shocked Army’s 250th Birthday Lacked 'Tense' or 'Dark, Malevolent Energy'
Trump Issues Stark Warning for Iran Amid Overnight Attack
Surprise: The Portland Riots Got Violent
Tipsheet

China Caught Violating UN Sanctions on Oil Exports

China has been caught red-handed illegally selling oil to North Korea, thanks to U.S. spy satellites, which captured images of the deals roughly 30 times since October.

Advertisement

The U.S. Treasury released the photos showing ships from both nations trading oil illegally in the West Sea.

North Korea was barred in September by the United Nations Security Council from importing natural gas and had its crude oil imports capped in response to Kim Jong Un’s nuclear missile program.

 The U.S. Treasury in November also sanctioned North Korea’s Maritime Administration and its transport ministry, in addition to six North Korean shipping and trading companies and 20 of their vessels, in an effort to block the rogue regime’s transportation networks.

The satellite images appear to identify the ships. One of them — Rye Song Gang 1, seen “connected to a Chinese vessel” — was included in the Nov. 21 sanctions as a vessel of Korea Kumbyol Trading Company possibly transferring oil to evade sanctions.

While Russia exports some oil to North Korea, China is the main source of oil for the rogue nation, according to Reuters. (Fox News)

Advertisement

Robert Kelly, a professor of political science at South Korea’s Pusan National University, told The Telegraph that the reports are plausible.

 “There is a lot of under-the-radar on the Chinese side. Beijing does not police the border strictly or enforce the sanctions toughly. This could be that,” he said.

According to the most recent Chinese customs data released Tuesday, the country did not export gasoline, jet fuel, diesel or fuel oil to Pyongyang in November.

Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying was unaware of details relating to the oil products export situation, but said: “As a principle, China has consistently fully, correctly, conscientiously and strictly enforced relevant UN Security Council resolutions on North Korea.”

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement