N Korea at crossroads

South Korea probes tanker for smuggling oil to the North

Revelation comes ahead of Trump-Moon summit in Washington

YOSUKE ONCHI, Nikkei staff writer
April 4, 2019 01:11 JST

SEOUL -- Investigators are in the advanced stages of a probe into a South Korean-flagged oil tanker suspected of illicitly supplying 4,300 tons of petroleum products to North Korea through ship-to-ship transfers, it was learned on Wednesday.

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