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This satellite image purports to show the North Korean freighter Tae Phyong 2 taking on a load of coal at the North Korean port of Nampo on Aug. 8, 2021.

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Missile funding?: North Korea seen smuggling coal to China

Nikkei probe of satellite imagery finds both nations may be violating UN sanctions

Nikkei staff writers

June 29, 2022 18:55 JST

TOKYO -- North Korea is likely shipping coal directly to Chinese ports, activity that is banned from international trade under United Nations Security Council sanctions, a Nikkei investigation found.

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